Using … != null still is the way to do it in Java 8 and even Java 11.7 Eyl 2018
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Use “==” to check a variable’s value. If you set a variable to null with “=” then checking that the variable is equal to null would return true . variableName == null; You can also use “!= ” to check that a value is NOT equal.
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