I just started using the @NotNull annotation with Java 8 and getting some unexpected results.
I have a method like this:
public List<Found> findStuff(@NotNull List<Searching> searchingList) {
... code here ...
}
I wrote a JUnit test passing in the null value for the argument searchingList. I was expecting some type of error to happen but it went through as though the annotation was not there. Is this expected behavior? From what I understood, this was to allow you to skip writing the boilerplate null check code.
An explanation of what exactly @NotNull is supposed to do would be greatly appreciated.