JSpecify and NullAway: A fresh take on nullsafety in the Java world
26-Sep-25Introduction Sir Antony Hoare[1] introduced the concept of Null-references or a Null pointer[2] back in 1965 with the release of ALGOL W. In 2009 he spoke about it as his “Billion Dollar Mistake”[3]. Dereferencing a Null pointer will address an invalid memory region, usually leading to runtime errors or complete crashes. Despite many efforts, this is still […]