Why toString() on an Object instance (which is null) is not throwing NPE?

Question

Consider below one :

Object nothingToHold = null;

System.out.println(nothingToHold);  //  Safely prints \'null\'

Here, Sysout must be expe

Answer 1

    Object nothingToHold = null;
   System.out.println(nothingToHold != null ? nothingToHold : "null String or any thing else");

This will display output if the nothingToHold(Object) not equals to null, otherwise it prints the message as "null String or any thing else"