Add accessors that handle nil without crashing.

Fixes #24330

Change-Id: If5fbbb6015ca8d65f620a06bad6e52de8cd896ad
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/101315
Run-TryBot: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
Reviewed-by: Emmanuel Odeke <emm.odeke@gmail.com>