Method notNull

clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/utils/Utils.java:219–224

Check that the parameter t is not null @param t The object to check @return t if it isn't null @throws NullPointerException if t is null.

(T t)

     * @throws NullPointerException if t is null.
     */
    public static <T> T notNull(T t) {
        if (t == null)
            throw new NullPointerException();
        else
            return t;
    }

    /**
     * Instantiate the class