> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 15:06:54 -0500 > From: brian.go...@oracle.com
> ... > > I propose to change these to be called checkNonNull(), so their null-checking > behavior is obvious to readers of code, ... An even better name would be ensureNonNull(), which captures the notion that if the method returns then the condition is ensured. Just a "check" leaves open the possibility of some less drastic behavior, such as merely returning a boolean. (For what it's worth, the ensureFoo() pattern is already used elsewhere.) - Mark
