The Javadoc for the methods Objects.isNull() and Objects.nonNull() clearly state their purpose. e.g.
This method exists to be used as a Predicate, filter(Objects::nonNull)
But I see developers starting to use these methods within if-then statements more frequently. e.g.
if (Objects.isNull(foo)) {
foo = new Foo();
}
if (Objects.nonNull(bar)) {
bar.doSomething();
}
I guess it is subjective as to whether these new methods are cleaner/easier to read than traditional == and != operators.
For those of us that are not fans of this (e.g. using these functions outside of the purpose for which they were designed for), is there a Sonar rule that reports this?