Adjust nullability for Connection#rebind (#3995)

violetagg · web-flow · commit 19e328f17a7d · 2025-11-03T11:24:25.000+02:00
Signed-off-by: Violeta Georgieva &lt;696661+violetagg@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/reactor-netty-core/src/main/java/reactor/netty/Connection.java b/reactor-netty-core/src/main/java/reactor/netty/Connection.java
@@ -330,15 +330,15 @@ default NettyOutbound outbound() {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Bind a new {@link Connection} reference or null to the channel
+	 * Bind a new {@link Connection} reference to the channel
 	 * attributes only if this instance is currently bound.
 	 *
 	 * @param connection a new connection reference
 	 *
 	 * @return true if bound
 	 * @see #bind
 	 */
-	default boolean rebind(@Nullable Connection connection) {
+	default boolean rebind(Connection connection) {
 		return channel().attr(ReactorNetty.CONNECTION)
 		                .compareAndSet(this, connection);
 	}

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -330,15 +330,15 @@ default NettyOutbound outbound() {`
`330`	`330`	`}`
`331`	`331`
`332`	`332`	`/**`
`333`		`- * Bind a new {@link Connection} reference or null to the channel`
	`333`	`+ * Bind a new {@link Connection} reference to the channel`
`334`	`334`	`* attributes only if this instance is currently bound.`
`335`	`335`	`*`
`336`	`336`	`* @param connection a new connection reference`
`337`	`337`	`*`
`338`	`338`	`* @return true if bound`
`339`	`339`	`* @see #bind`
`340`	`340`	`*/`
`341`		`- default boolean rebind(@Nullable Connection connection) {`
	`341`	`+ default boolean rebind(Connection connection) {`
`342`	`342`	`return channel().attr(ReactorNetty.CONNECTION)`
`343`	`343`	`.compareAndSet(this, connection);`
`344`	`344`	`}`