From 731f3224cf6cb823a7f09650c8ece67781200779 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roel de Jong <12800443+twiggler@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2025 14:14:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: remove value_or_empty which is no longer used

---
 dissect/target/plugins/os/windows/registry.py | 12 ------------
 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dissect/target/plugins/os/windows/registry.py b/dissect/target/plugins/os/windows/registry.py
index 861faf9a1..bf557f3cc 100644
--- a/dissect/target/plugins/os/windows/registry.py
+++ b/dissect/target/plugins/os/windows/registry.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 from dissect.target.exceptions import (
     HiveUnavailableError,
-    RegistryError,
     RegistryKeyNotFoundError,
     RegistryValueNotFoundError,
     UnsupportedPluginError,
@@ -292,17 +291,6 @@ def value(self, key: str, value: str) -> ValueCollection:
         """Convenience method for accessing a specific value."""
         return self.key(key).value(value)
 
-    @internal
-    def value_or_empty(self, key: str, value: str) -> ValueCollection:
-        """Convenience method for trying to access a specific value.
-
-        Returns a empty collection if the key or value does not exist.
-        """
-        try:
-            return self.value(key, value)
-        except RegistryError:
-            return ValueCollection()
-
     @internal
     def subkey(self, key: str, subkey: str) -> KeyCollection:
         """Convenience method for accessing a specific subkey."""