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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2013 DroidDriver committers
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package io.appium.droiddriver.util;
     18 
     19 /**
     20  * Simple static methods to be called at the start of your own methods to verify
     21  * correct arguments and state.
     22  */
     23 public final class Preconditions {
     24   private Preconditions() {}
     25 
     26   /**
     27    * Ensures that an object reference passed as a parameter to the calling
     28    * method is not null.
     29    *
     30    * @param reference an object reference
     31    * @return the non-null reference that was validated
     32    * @throws NullPointerException if {@code reference} is null
     33    */
     34   public static <T> T checkNotNull(T reference) {
     35     if (reference == null) {
     36       throw new NullPointerException();
     37     }
     38     return reference;
     39   }
     40 }
     41