}
// this is pretty awesome
final List scopedQuery = new LinkedList();
if (describeAvailabilityZonesRequestMsg != null) {
final DescribeAvailabilityZonesSetType availabilityZoneSet =
describeAvailabilityZonesRequestMsg.getAvailabilityZoneSet();
if (availabilityZoneSet != null) {
final DescribeAvailabilityZonesSetItemType[] item =
availabilityZoneSet.getItem();
if (item != null) {
for (int i = 0; i < item.length; i++) {
final DescribeAvailabilityZonesSetItemType
describeAvailabilityZonesSetItemType = item[i];
if (describeAvailabilityZonesSetItemType != null) {