判段实体是否为null if(entity!=null)报 java.lang.NullPointerException但是if( null !=entity)不会报错是什么问题

 if(entity !=null)会报下面的空指针错误，但是if( null !=entity)不会报错

 

[2018-12-28 17:08:20] [ERROR] [net.sf.ehcache.distribution.RMIAsynchronousCacheReplicator:122] Exception on flushing of replication queue: null. Continuing...

java.lang.NullPointerException
    at net.sf.ehcache.distribution.RMISynchronousCacheReplicator.listRemoteCachePeers(RMISynchronousCacheReplicator.java:335)
    at net.sf.ehcache.distribution.RMIAsynchronousCacheReplicator.flushReplicationQueue(RMIAsynchronousCacheReplicator.java:309)
    at net.sf.ehcache.distribution.RMIAsynchronousCacheReplicator.replicationThreadMain(RMIAsynchronousCacheReplicator.java:119)
    at net.sf.ehcache.distribution.RMIAsynchronousCacheReplicator.access$100(RMIAsynchronousCacheReplicator.java:56)
    at net.sf.ehcache.distribution.RMIAsynchronousCacheReplicator$ReplicationThread.run(RMIAsynchronousCacheReplicator.java:376)