[IO-711] Use Objects.requireNotNull for fail fast method/constructors

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.8.0
• Component/s: Filters, Streams/Writers, Utilities
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Boris Unckel
• Created: 28/Jan/21 17:10
• Updated: 06/Feb/22 22:00
• Resolved: 06/Feb/22 22:00

Description

Currently some NullPointer checks are IllegalArgumentException, at other points a lot of constructor and/or method logic happens before a null pointer occurs.

The approach is to make these places use Objects.requireNonNull(sampleObject,"sampleObject");

 

Issue Links

• links to: https://github.com/apache/commons-io/pull/196