import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.*; public class Aliasing { @NonNull Object nno = new Object(); @Nullable Object no = null; public static void main(String[] args) { Aliasing a = new Aliasing(); Aliasing b = new Aliasing(); m(a, b); } static void m(@NonNull Aliasing a, @NonNull Aliasing b) { a.no = b.nno; // Changing a.no to nonnull does not mean that b.no is also nonnull //:: error: (assignment.type.incompatible) b.nno = b.no; System.out.println("@NonNull field b.nno is: " + b.nno); } }