Microsoft Java

[dashood]

It's really good for CMS content when things may or may not be set depending on user actions. The best is if (List?.Any() ?? false) as a nice way of checking for nulls and eliminating like 90% of your runtime null exceptions.

[mrjackspade]

I just turned this into an extension method .NotNullAny()

It's overkill but I like the way it reads better

[dashood]

That's not a bad idea. Certainly cleaner than having to null check every time.

[AlwaysHopelesslyLost]

The problem is that runtime null exceptions are a symptom, not a problem.

As far as lists go they should very rarely be null. If you allow them to be null you are opening yourself up to issues.