> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:11:37 -0500 > From: brian.go...@oracle.com
> ... > > One last question for Mark on the ensureXxx() convention: methods like > ensureXxx() sometimes mean "make this true" (like ensureCapacity() in > collections implementations) rather than "barf if it is not true." Right. Actually there are no public, exception-throwing ensureFoo(x) methods, so I withdraw my suggestion. (There are a bunch of private ones.) > I'm > willing > to go either way (both checkNonNull and ensureNonNull better match the actual > behavior of the method than plain nonNull) but we might as well pick the right > convention. Rémi's throwIfNull(x) suggestion does capture the precise meaning, though it begs the question of what, exactly, will be thrown. - Mark
