edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations

Annotation Type PossiblyNull

Deprecated.

- 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(value={FIELD,METHOD,PARAMETER,LOCAL_VARIABLE})
 @Retention(value=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.