How to avoid null checking in Java?

Question

I use object != null a lot to avoid NullPointerException.

Is there a good alternative to this?

For example I often use:

Answer 1

In addition to using assert you can use the following:

if (someobject == null) {
    // Handle null here then move on.
}

This is slightly better than:

if (someobject != null) {
    .....
    .....



    .....
}