RFR : 8013712 : (XS) Add Objects.nonNull and Objects.isNull

[Jack Moxley]

Really depends about whether you want the method to be bad English, or really bad English. :-). All this double negativity gets me down. What's wrong with exists() ?

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On 20 Jun 2013, at 08:24, Howard Lovatt <howard.lovatt at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would say not needed, !isNull() is sufficient. If included isNotNull() is
> the better name.
> 
> 
> On 5 May 2013 01:09, Ulf Zibis <Ulf.Zibis at cosoco.de> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Am 04.05.2013 04:28, schrieb Mike Duigou:
>>> I have updated the webrev to include incorporate the feedback I have
>> received.
>>> 
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mduigou/JDK-8013712/1/webrev/
>>> 
>>> Regarding the naming of the "nonNull" method. I originally added this
>> method in 2011 but I've forgotten since then why it has the name it does.
>> As best as I can determine the name is either derived from the the name
>> used by Guava for the same predicate, "notNull", or the names derives from
>> the name "requireNonNull" in that this method doesn't require that the
>> reference be non-null. The EG hasn't been concerned that this method
>> doesn't use the "is" prefix.
>> 
>> Do we need nonNull/isNotNull() at all, as it's always !isNull()?
>> Anyway I would prefer isNotNull().
>> 
>> -Ulf
> 
> 
> -- 
>  -- Howard.
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