private static @Nullable InetAddress getInetAddressOrNull(@NotNull String hostname) {
    try {
      return InetAddress.getByName(hostname);
    } catch (UnknownHostException ignore) {
    }
    return null;
  }
Required to initialize non-null values for transient or missing fields.
geode-core/src/main/java/org/apache/geode/internal/admin/remote/DistributionLocatorId.java