Wann sollte die ofNullable()-Methode von Stream in Java 9 verwendet werden?

import java.util.stream.Stream;
public class OfNullableMethodTest1 {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      System.out.println("TutorialsPoint");
      int count = (int) Stream.<strong>ofNullable</strong>(5000).count();
      System.out.println(count);
      System.out.println("Tutorix");
      count = (int) Stream.<strong>ofNullable</strong>(null).count();
      System.out.println(count);
   }
}

<strong>TutorialsPoint
1
Tutorix
0</strong>

import java.util.stream.Stream;
public class OfNullableMethodTest2 {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      String str = null;
      Stream.<strong>ofNullable</strong>(str).forEach(System.out::println); <strong>// prints nothing in the console</strong>
      str = "TutorialsPoint";
      Stream.<strong>ofNullable</strong>(str).forEach(System.out::println); <strong>// prints TutorialsPoint</strong>
   }
}

<strong>TutorialsPoint</strong>