- use CheckForNull instead; the name of which more clearly indicates that
not only could the value be null, but that good coding practice requires that the
value be checked for null.
@Documented
@Target({FIELD,METHOD,PARAMETER,LOCAL_VARIABLE})
@Retention(CLASS)
@Nonnull(when=MAYBE)
@TypeQualifierNickname
@Deprecated
public @interface PossiblyNull
The annotated element should might be null, and uses of the element should check for null.
When this annotation is applied to a method it applies to the method return value.