Java 9でStreamのofNullable（）メソッドを使用するのはいつですか？

static <T> Stream<T> ofNullable(T t)

例-1

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

出力

TutorialsPoint
1
Tutorix
0

例-2

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

出力

TutorialsPoint