Getting exception on IQueryResult.hasNext() method

I am making a query to the JTS for work items that were modified after a specific time.  The query works fine if there are work items that meet that criteria.  If there are no work items modified after the provided time then the following method call generates an exception

//
        // This method was created to address the strange problem where the
        // hasNext method is generating an exception when the query did
        // not yield any results.
        //
        private boolean hasNextSafe(IQueryResult<IResolvedResult<IWorkItem>> queried)
        {
            //
            // The queried.hasNext() method is generating an exception when the result is empty, EVEN though the
            // total count above shows there there are results. 
            //
            boolean fContinue = false;
            try
            {
                fContinue = queried.hasNext(null);
            }
            catch(Exception e)
            {
                System.out.println("RTCActionPerformer::hasNextSafe - queried.hasNext generated an exception");
                fContinue = false;
            }
            return fContinue;
           
        } // end of the hasNextSafe method

In the case where there are no work items returned ... the following code seems to yield the results of the previous query ...

ResultSize rs = queried.getResultSize(null);
int iTotal = rs.getTotal();
System.out.println("RTCActionPerformer::processArtifact - " + iTotal + " work items returned");