import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull; import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable; import java.util.Collection; class Bar3 { public void foo(@Nullable Object element) { final String elementType = element != null ? element.toString() : null; if (elementType == nullableString()) { System.out.println(element.<warning descr="Method invocation 'hashCode' may produce 'java.lang.NullPointerException'">hashCode</warning>()); } } @Nullable String nullableString() { return null; } }