Preconditions.java

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package dagger.internal;

/**
 * An adaptation of Guava's {@code com.google.common.base.Preconditions} that is specially tailored
 * to support checks applied in Dagger's generated code.
 */
public final class Preconditions {
    /**
     * Ensures that an object reference passed as a parameter to the calling method is not null.
     *
     * @param reference an object reference
     * @return the non-null reference that was validated
     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code reference} is null
     */
    public static <T> T checkNotNull(T reference) {
        if (reference == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException();
        }
        return reference;
    }

    /**
     * Ensures that an object reference passed as a parameter to the calling method is not null.
     *
     * @param reference    an object reference
     * @param errorMessage the exception message to use if the check fails
     * @return the non-null reference that was validated
     * @throws NullPointerException if {@code reference} is null
     */
    public static <T> T checkNotNull(T reference, String errorMessage) {
        if (reference == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException(errorMessage);
        }
        return reference;
    }

    private Preconditions() {
    }
}