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 Note that these annotations are RetentionType CLASS and expected to be used at compile time
 only via static analysis and can not be read or used at runtime.
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+The `jsr-305` annotations are not required to be a transitive dependency for the tooling
+like IntelliJ to recognise and use.
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+# References
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+- https://blog.tlinkowski.pl/2019/when-to-use-jsr-305-for-nullability-in-java/
+- https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/blob/main/spring-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/lang/NonNullApi.java