@Override
  public CacheStatistics getStatistics() {
    LocalRegion lr = region;
    if (!lr.isStatisticsEnabled()) {
      throw new StatisticsDisabledException(
          String.format("Statistics disabled for region '%s'",
              lr.getFullPath()));
    }
    return new CacheStatisticsImpl(getCheckedRegionEntry(), lr);
  }
Returns the entry's RegionEntry if it "checks" out. The check is to see if the region entry
still exists.

@throws EntryNotFoundException if the RegionEntry has been removed.
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/cache/ExpiryRegionEntry.java