Replace "maybenull" by annotation (JabRef#11947)

src/main/java/org/jabref/model/database/BibDatabase.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus;
 import com.google.common.eventbus.Subscribe;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -87,13 +88,13 @@ public BibDatabase() {
     /**
      * Returns a text with references resolved according to an optionally given database.
      *
-     * @param toResolve maybenull The text to resolve.
-     * @param database  maybenull The database to use for resolving the text.
+     * @param toResolve The text to resolve.
+     * @param database  The database to use for resolving the text.
      * @return The resolved text or the original text if either the text or the database are null
      * @deprecated use  {@link BibDatabase#resolveForStrings(String)}
      */
     @Deprecated
-    public static String getText(String toResolve, BibDatabase database) {
+    public static String getText(@Nullable String toResolve, @Nullable BibDatabase database) {
         if ((toResolve != null) && (database != null)) {
             return database.resolveForStrings(toResolve);
         }

src/main/java/org/jabref/model/entry/BibEntry.java

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import com.google.common.eventbus.EventBus;
 import com.tobiasdiez.easybind.EasyBind;
 import com.tobiasdiez.easybind.optional.OptionalBinding;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -309,22 +310,21 @@ private Optional<Field> getSourceField(Field targetField, EntryType targetEntry,
      * If a database is given, this function will try to resolve any string
      * references in the field-value.
      * Also, if a database is given, this function will try to find values for
-     * unset fields in the entry linked by the "crossref" field, if any.
+     * unset fields in the entry linked by the "crossref" ({@link StandardField#CROSSREF} field, if any.
      *
      * @param field    The field to return the value of.
-     * @param database maybenull
-     *                 The database of the bibtex entry.
+     * @param database The database of the bibtex entry.
      * @return The resolved field value or null if not found.
      */
-    public Optional<String> getResolvedFieldOrAlias(Field field, BibDatabase database) {
+    public Optional<String> getResolvedFieldOrAlias(Field field, @Nullable BibDatabase database) {
         return genericGetResolvedFieldOrAlias(field, database, BibEntry::getFieldOrAlias);
     }
 
-    public Optional<String> getResolvedFieldOrAliasLatexFree(Field field, BibDatabase database) {
+    public Optional<String> getResolvedFieldOrAliasLatexFree(Field field, @Nullable BibDatabase database) {
         return genericGetResolvedFieldOrAlias(field, database, BibEntry::getFieldOrAliasLatexFree);
     }
 
-    private Optional<String> genericGetResolvedFieldOrAlias(Field field, BibDatabase database, BiFunction<BibEntry, Field, Optional<String>> getFieldOrAlias) {
+    private Optional<String> genericGetResolvedFieldOrAlias(Field field, @Nullable BibDatabase database, BiFunction<BibEntry, Field, Optional<String>> getFieldOrAlias) {
         if ((InternalField.TYPE_HEADER == field) || (InternalField.OBSOLETE_TYPE_HEADER == field)) {
             return Optional.of(type.get().getDisplayName());
         }