Immediately Invoked Function Expressions (IIFEs) IIFEs are an ideal solution for locally scoping global variables/properties and protecting your JavaScript codebase from outside interference (e.g. third-party libraries). If you are writing jQuery code that will be run in many different environments (e.g. jQuery plugins), then it is important to use an IIFE to locally scope jQuery … Read more
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Under Preferences, choose Java –> Editor –> Save Actions. Check the Perform the selected actions on save, and check the Format source code box. This may or may not be available in previous versions of Eclipse. I know it works in: Version: 3.3.3.r33x_r20080129-_19UEl7Ezk_gXF1kouft<br> Build id: M20080221-1800
Short answer: I guess these annotations are only useful for your IDE to warn you of potentially null pointer errors. As said in the “Clean Code” book, you should check your public method’s parameters and also avoid checking invariants. Another good tip is never returning null values, but using Null Object Pattern instead.