Better handlng of null

josemduarte · josemduarte · commit f04effa094b2 · 2020-11-25T11:55:12.000-08:00
diff --git a/biojava-structure/src/main/java/org/biojava/nbio/structure/PDBStatus.java b/biojava-structure/src/main/java/org/biojava/nbio/structure/PDBStatus.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public enum Status {
 		 * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the string is not recognized
 		 */
 		public static Status fromString(String statusStr) {
-			if (statusStr == null) return null;
+			if (statusStr == null) throw new IllegalArgumentException("Status string can't be null");
 			if(statusStr.equalsIgnoreCase("REMOVED"))
 				return Status.REMOVED;
 			else if(statusStr.equalsIgnoreCase("CURRENT"))
