org.eclipse.jdt.annotation

Annotation Type Nullable

@Documented
@Retention(value=CLASS)
@Target(value={FIELD,METHOD,PARAMETER,LOCAL_VARIABLE})
public @interface Nullable

Qualifier for a type in a method signature or a local variable declaration: The entity (return value, parameter, field, local variable) whose type has this annotation is allowed to have the value null at runtime.

This has two consequences:

• Binding a null value to the entity is legal.
• Dereferencing the entity is unsafe, i.e., a NullPointerException can occur at runtime.

Since:

1.0