JAVA-2025: Include exception message in AbstractCollectionCodec.accepts(null) (apache#1122)

Improve AbstractCollectionCodec.accepts() to explicitly null check and
raise an NPE with a similar message to TypeCodec.accepts().

Author: tolbertam

changelog/README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ## Changelog
 
+### 3.7.0 (In progress)
+
+- [improvement] JAVA-2025: Include exception message in AbstractCollectionCodec.accepts(null).
+
+
 ### 3.6.0
 
 - [improvement] JAVA-1394: Add request-queue-depth metric.

driver-core/.attach_pid16614

@@ -1850,6 +1850,7 @@ public C parse(String value) {
 
     @Override
     public boolean accepts(Object value) {
+      checkNotNull(value, "Parameter value cannot be null");
       if (getJavaType().getRawType().isAssignableFrom(value.getClass())) {
         // runtime type ok, now check element type
         Collection<?> coll = (Collection<?>) value;