Ensuring the variable `myObject` has a value resolves the issue: [source,java,diff-id=1,diff-type=compliant] ---- public void method() { Object myObject = new Object(); System.out.println(myObject.toString()); // Compliant: myObject is not null } ---- Preventing the non-compliant code to be executed by returning early: [source,java,diff-id=2,diff-type=compliant] ---- public void method(Object input) { if (input == null) { return; } System.out.println(input.toString()); // Compliant: if 'input' is null, this is unreachable } ---- Ensuring that no unboxing of `null` value can happen resolves the issue [source,java,diff-id=3,diff-type=compliant] ---- public boolean method() { Boolean boxed = true; return boxed; // Compliant } ---- Ensuring that both `conn` and `stmt` are not `null` resolves the issue: [source,java,diff-id=4,diff-type=compliant] ---- Connection conn = null; Statement stmt = null; try { conn = DriverManager.getConnection(DB_URL,USER,PASS); stmt = conn.createStatement(); // ... } catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } finally { if (stmt != null) { stmt.close(); // Compliant } if (conn != null) { conn.close(); // Compliant } } ---- Checking the returned value of `getName()` resolves the issue: [source,java,diff-id=5,diff-type=compliant] ---- @CheckForNull String getName() {...} public boolean isNameEmpty() { String name = getName(); if (name != null) { return name.length() == 0; // Compliant } else { // ... } } ---- Ensuring that the provided `color` is not `null` resolves the issue: [source,java,diff-id=6,diff-type=compliant] ---- private void merge(@Nonnull Color firstColor, @Nonnull Color secondColor) {...} public void append(@CheckForNull Color color) { if (color != null) { merge(currentColor, color); // Compliant } } ----