--- old/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/OutputStream.java	2018-01-11 13:49:42.000000000 -0800
+++ new/src/java.base/share/classes/java/io/OutputStream.java	2018-01-11 13:49:42.000000000 -0800
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1994, 2017, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1994, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -47,6 +47,51 @@
  */
 public abstract class OutputStream implements Closeable, Flushable {
     /**
+     * Returns a new {@code OutputStream} which discards all bytes.  The
+     * returned stream is initially open.  The stream is closed by calling
+     * the {@code close()} method.  Subsequent calls to {@code close()} have
+     * no effect.
+     *
+     * <p> While the stream is open, the {@code write(int)}, {@code
+     * write(byte[])}, and {@code write(byte[], int, int)} methods do nothing.
+     * After the stream has been closed, these methods all throw {@code
+     * IOException}.
+     *
+     * <p> The {@code flush()} method does nothing.
+     *
+     * @return an {@code OutputStream} which discards all bytes
+     *
+     * @since 11
+     */
+    public static OutputStream nullOutputStream() {
+        return new OutputStream() {
+            private volatile boolean closed;
+
+            private void ensureOpen() throws IOException {
+                if (closed) {
+                    throw new IOException("Stream closed");
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void write(int b) throws IOException {
+                ensureOpen();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
+                Objects.checkFromIndexSize(off, len, b.length);
+                ensureOpen();
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void close() {
+                closed = true;
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Writes the specified byte to this output stream. The general
      * contract for <code>write</code> is that one byte is written
      * to the output stream. The byte to be written is the eight
@@ -106,7 +151,6 @@
      *             stream is closed.
      */
     public void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
-        Objects.requireNonNull(b);
         Objects.checkFromIndexSize(off, len, b.length);
         // len == 0 condition implicitly handled by loop bounds
         for (int i = 0 ; i < len ; i++) {