# Null-Check Elimination

> The ability to remove scattered null checks by substituting a benign do-nothing object.

Record: `lexicon:null-check-elimination`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Design Patterns Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/design-patterns-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-null-check-elimination

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Lazy Traversal](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/lazy-traversal.md) and before [Operation Extension Without Element Change](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/operation-extension-without-element-change.md).

## Category

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/behavioral-patterns.md)

## Enabled by

- [Null Object Pattern](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/null-object-pattern.md)

## Linked from

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)