Use Objects.requireNonNull() directly

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FormatCache.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FormatCache.java
index 586e660b6..38dbe1677 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FormatCache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/time/FormatCache.java
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ import java.text.Format;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.TimeZone;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.LocaleUtils;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.Validate;
 
 /**
  * FormatCache is a cache and factory for {@link Format}s.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ abstract class FormatCache<F extends Format> {
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if pattern is invalid
      */
     public F getInstance(final String pattern, final TimeZone timeZone, final Locale locale) {
-        Validate.notNull(pattern, "pattern");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(pattern, "pattern");
         final TimeZone actualTimeZone = TimeZones.toTimeZone(timeZone);
         final Locale actualLocale = LocaleUtils.toLocale(locale);
         final ArrayKey key = new ArrayKey(pattern, actualTimeZone, actualLocale);