Annotation Interface Nullable


@Documented @Retention(CLASS) @Target({METHOD,PARAMETER,FIELD,LOCAL_VARIABLE,ANNOTATION_TYPE,TYPE_PARAMETER,PACKAGE}) @Nonnull(when=MAYBE) @TypeQualifierNickname public @interface Nullable
Denotes that a parameter, field or method return value can be null.

When decorating a method call parameter, this denotes that the parameter can legitimately be null and the method will gracefully deal with it. Typically used on optional parameters.

When decorating a method, this denotes the method might legitimately return null.

This is a marker annotation and it has no specific attributes.