I would say not needed, !isNull() is sufficient. If included isNotNull() is the better name.
On 5 May 2013 01:09, Ulf Zibis <ulf.zi...@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.
