Java: avoid checking for null in nested classes (Deep Null checking)

Question

Imagine I have a class Family. It contains a List of Person. Each (class) Person contains a (class) Address. Each (class) Address contains a (class) PostalCode. Any "i

Answer 1

and my favorite, the simple try/catch, to avoid nested null checks...

try {
    if(order.getFulfillmentGroups().get(0).getAddress().getPostalCode() != null) {
        // your code
    } 
} catch(NullPointerException|IndexOutOfBoundsException e) {}