if (builder == null) {
                throw new IOException("Builder is null");
            }
            builder.startObject();
            builder.field("null_test", "value");
            builder.endObject();
            return builder;
        };

        // This should handle any IOException gracefully

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   * nullText} for any provided null elements.
   */
  public Joiner useForNull(String nullText) {
    checkNotNull(nullText);
    return new Joiner(this) {
      @Override
      CharSequence toString(@Nullable Object part) {
        return (part == null) ? nullText : Joiner.this.toString(part);
      }

      @Override

   * nullText} for any provided null elements.
   */
  public Joiner useForNull(String nullText) {
    checkNotNull(nullText);
    return new Joiner(this) {
      @Override
      CharSequence toString(@Nullable Object part) {
        return (part == null) ? nullText : Joiner.this.toString(part);
      }

      @Override