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Purpose of Objects.isNull(...) / Objects.nonNull(...)

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java

What is the purpose of

Objects.isNull(x)  

if we can simply write

x == null 

?

Same for

Objects.nonNull(...) 

and

x != null 
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Ivan Babanin Avatar asked Jan 25 '15 18:01

Ivan Babanin


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1 Answers

From the JavaDoc of the method:

API Note: This method exists to be used as a Predicate, filter(Objects::isNull)

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Petr Janeček Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 08:10

Petr Janeček