src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/ScopedValue.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
  /*
-  * Copyright (c) 2020, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+  * Copyright (c) 2020, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
   * Copyright (c) 2020, 2022, Red Hat Inc.
   * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
   *
   * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
   * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as

@@ -155,11 +155,12 @@
   *
   * {@snippet lang=java :
   *     private static final ScopedValue<String> NAME = ScopedValue.newInstance();
  
   *     ScopedValue.where(NAME, "duke").run(() -> {
-  *         try (var scope = new StructuredTaskScope<String>()) {
+  *         // @link substring="open" target="StructuredTaskScope#open()" :
+  *         try (var scope = StructuredTaskScope.open()) {
   *
   *              // @link substring="fork" target="StructuredTaskScope#fork(java.util.concurrent.Callable)" :
   *              scope.fork(() -> childTask1());
   *              scope.fork(() -> childTask2());
   *              scope.fork(() -> childTask3());

@@ -609,14 +610,15 @@
  
      /**
       * Returns the value of this scoped value if bound in the current thread, otherwise
       * returns {@code other}.
       *
-      * @param other the value to return if not bound, can be {@code null}
+      * @param other the value to return if not bound
       * @return the value of the scoped value if bound, otherwise {@code other}
       */
      public T orElse(T other) {
+         Objects.requireNonNull(other);
          Object obj = findBinding();
          if (obj != Snapshot.NIL) {
              @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
              T value = (T) obj;
              return value;