code: public static void assertNotNull(final String param, final Object value) {
          if (value == null) {
              throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(Utility.LOCALE_US, SR.ARGUMENT_NULL_OR_EMPTY, param));
          }
      }
docs: Asserts that a value is not <code>null</code>.
  
  @param param
  A <code>String</code> that represents the name of the parameter, which becomes the exception message
  text if the <code>value</code> parameter is <code>null</code>.
  @param value
  An <code>Object</code> object that represents the value of the specified parameter. This is the value
  being asserted as not <code>null</code>.