try/catch vs null check in java

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The exception version (similar to chains using Groovy’s safe-navigation operator ?.) makes it really easy to take the Law of Demeter (or as I call it, Demeter’s Strongly-Worded Suggestion) and make it your plaything for the night.

Similarly, deeply-nested if-statements leads to difficult-to-read code, and underneath it all, the same “violation” exists, and the cyclomatic complexity of such methods is high.

public void printIt(Object1 a) {
    if (null == a) {
        return;
    }

    SubObject b = a.getB();
    if (null == b) {
        return;
    }

    SubObject2 c = b.getC();
    if (null == c) {
        return;
    }

    c.print();
}

I’d rather see LAMs (Little Auxiliary Methods) in appropriate places that encapsulate the checks and pretty much eliminate the need for the question altogether.

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