Package org.springframework.lang
Annotation Type NonNullApi
@Target(PACKAGE) @Retention(RUNTIME) @Documented @Nonnull @TypeQualifierDefault({METHOD,PARAMETER}) public @interface NonNullApi
A common Spring annotation to declare that parameters and return values are to be considered as non-nullable by default for a given package.Leverages JSR-305 meta-annotations to indicate nullability in Java to common tools with JSR-305 support and used by Kotlin to infer nullability of Spring API.
Should be used at package level in association with
Nullable
annotations at parameter and return value level.- Since:
- 5.0
- Author:
- Sebastien Deleuze, Juergen Hoeller
- See Also:
NonNullFields
,Nullable
,NonNull