nonNull and similar methods [was Re: First round of java.util.Objects for code review (bug 6797535)]

[Paul Benedict]

I agree with Stephen. There are a slew of validation methods that
would be beneficial, and if you really want to drive the JDK towards
standard validation, refactor them out into a Validation class. Look
at what Spring has written for themselves:

http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/api/org/springframework/util/Assert.html

Paul