Sonar : Possible null pointer dereference due to return value of called method

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if (response != null && response.getBody() != null && response.getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.OK) {
        return new BigDecimal(response.getBody());
}

I am getting possible null pointer dereference due to return value of called method on above code.

Can someone please let me know the exact issue and why it's an issue?

response.getBody() // returns a string value

Thanks in advance! Please let me know if any other details are needed.

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1 Answers

Sonar does not know that the two consecutive calls to getBody() will return the same value.

So, it is really possible, from the point of view of a static analyzer, that the second call returns null.

I'd recommend assigning the body to a local variable, and calling the getter only once. Here is a reference from Sonar community, where someone reported this behavior as bug and received a similar response.

A static analyzer actually cannot prove that the two calls will return the same value, unless response is of a final and immutable type. And no static analyzer I've tried yet goes to the length of trying to prove that.

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