I have a function, 

    f[dist_, samp_]:=somework[dist, samp]

that I want to return `Null`, or zero if passed a null distribution. I can't find a way to test for a difference between `Null` and Data distribution, none of  `===`, `=!=`, `SameQ` and `==` can identify them.

How can I tell if I'm being passed a `Null` value to handle it correctly?

f[dist_, samp_]:=something[dist, samp] /; TrueQ[dist==DataDistribution]

Seems to be close to what I want.

Here's my function. If probKern is a Null, I want to return a Null, otherwise, I want to calculate the PDF for the sample, with the distribution. I can't quite get a handle on matching the types to make this work though.

calcPDF[probKern_, samp_] := 
 Null /; TrueQ[probKern != DataDistribution]

calcPDF[probKern_Symbol, samp_] := 
 PDF[probKern, samp] /; TrueQ[probKern == DataDistribution]