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Replace JSR-305 annotations with spotbugs annotations

Annotations for Nonnull, CheckForNull, and several others were proposed for Java as part of dormant Java specification request JSR-305. The proposal never became a part of standard Java.

Jenkins plugins should switch from using JSR-305 annotations to use Spotbugs annotations that provide the same semantics.

The mailing list discussion from James Nord describes the affected annotations and why they should be replaced with annotations that are actively maintained.

The "Improve a plugin" tutorial provides instructions to perform this change.

An OpenRewrite recipe is also available and is even better than the tutorial.

Also resolves the 3 spotbugs warnings that are visible on the master branch.

Testing done

Confirmed that automated tests pass on Linux with Java 21.

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MarkEWaite added 2 commits May 7, 2024 16:23
Warnings are likely indicators of an issue, but we've accepted the
code in its current condition for a long time.  It is safer and easier
to exclude the warning than to make a code change that risks
compatibility.
Annotations for Nonnull, CheckForNull, and several others were proposed
for Java as part of dormant Java specification request JSR-305. The
proposal never became a part of standard Java.

Jenkins plugins should switch from using JSR-305 annotations to use
Spotbugs annotations that provide the same semantics.

The [mailing list discussion](https://groups.google.com/g/jenkinsci-dev/c/uE1wwtVi1W0/m/gLxdEJmlBQAJ)
from James Nord describes the affected annotations and why they should
be replaced with annotations that are actively maintained.

The ["Improve a plugin" tutorial](https://www.jenkins.io/doc/developer/tutorial-improve/replace-jsr-305-annotations/)
provides instructions to perform this change.

An [OpenRewrite recipe](https://docs.openrewrite.org/recipes/jenkins/javaxannotationstospotbugs)
is also available and is even better than the tutorial.

Confirmed that automated tests pass on Linux with Java 21.
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gounthar commented May 8, 2024

Thanks, Mark. 👍

@gounthar gounthar merged commit e3ae024 into jenkinsci:master May 8, 2024
@MarkEWaite MarkEWaite deleted the fix-jsr-305 branch May 1, 2025 23:42
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