[improvement] Detect possible NPEs using Uber's NullAway error-prone plugin #397
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https://github.com/uber/NullAway
Before this PR
People could write silly code containing obvious null pointer bugs which would compile and pass all our current static analysis.
After this PR
Anyone who applies
com.palantir.baseline-error-prone
would get Uber's NullAway checks for free. Initially these would just be flagged as warnings, when we've got a bit of confidence and fixed silly things then I'd like to upgrade them to errors.fixes #273