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 * Copyright 2014 The Netty Project
 *
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package io.netty.util.internal;

/**
 * A grab-bag of useful utility methods.
 */
public final class ObjectUtil {

    private ObjectUtil() {
    }

    /**
     * Checks that the given argument is not null. If it is, throws {@link NullPointerException}.
     * Otherwise, returns the argument.
     */
    public static <T> T checkNotNull(T arg, String text) {
        if (arg == null) {
            throw new NullPointerException(text);
        }
        return arg;
    }
}
