difference between null != something and something != null

Question

Is there a difference between null != something and something != null in Java. And if there is a difference then which one should I use and why??

Answer 1

its probably comming from the so-called joda-conditions where you write "bla" == myVariable instead of myVariable == "bla" because it could happen to accidentially write myVariable = "bla" which returns "bla" in some languages but also assign "bla" to myVariable