typetools / typetools/checker-framework

Nullness Checker and compile-time constant branch conditions

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Since Jul 2, 2020.

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Description

Getting false positive while using Nullness checker.

public class Main {
    public void example() {
        String str = null;
        
        if (true) {
            str = new String();
            }
        if (true) {
            str.charAt(0);
            }
    }
}

Error: [dereference.of.nullable] dereference of possibly-null reference str line 10

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