NullUtils.java

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package gov.redhawk.sca.util;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert;
import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;

/**
 * @since 3.4
 */
public final class NullUtils {
	private NullUtils() {

	}

	@NonNull
	public static < T > T nonNull(@Nullable T item) {
		Assert.isNotNull(item, "Null assertion failed!");
		return item;
	}
}