Extension method to validate nullity when nullable reference are enabled

Question

I have the following method:

public static void NotNull([ValidatedNotNull] object? data, string? message = null) where TException : Exception, new()

Basically, I use it to ensure that data is not null. It works well, however, when I enable nullable reference, Visual Studio continues to underline in green the object I pass to this method because it considers that I didn't check whether it's null or not although I use the ValidatedNotNull attribute.

Is there a way to tell Visual Studio that I validated the nullity of the object using my custom method?

Thanks

user_2501279 · Answer

Use NotNullAttribute (see the attributes for null-state static analysis interpreted by the C# compiler docs):

A nullable parameter, field, property, or return value will never be null.

static void NotNull([NotNull]object? data, string? message = null) where TException : Exception, new()
{
   ...
}

Extension method to validate nullity when nullable reference are enabled

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