Here is a number of code snippets that can throw NullPointerException.

01:

public void m1(@Nullable String text) {
    System.out.print(text.toLowerCase()); // <-- expect to be reported.
}

02:

private boolean _closed = false;

public void m1(@Nullable String text) {
    if(_closed)
       return;

    System.out.print(text.toLowerCase()); // <-- expect to be reported.
}

03:

public void m1(@NotNull String text) {
    System.out.print(text.toLowerCase());
}

public @Nullable String getText() {
    return "Some text";
}

public void m2() {
    m1(getText());  // <-- expect to be reported.
}

Different people have access to different static-analysis tools. It would be nice to collect information, what tools are able to detect and report the issues, and what are failing. Also, if you have your own scenarious, please, publish them.

Here my results

FindBugs (1.3.9):

• 01: Parameter must be nonnull but is marked as nullable
• 02: NOT reported
• 03: NOT reported

IntelliJ IDE 9.0.2 (Community edition):

• 01: Method invocation text.toLowerCase() may produce java.lang.NullPointerException
• 02: Method invocation text.toLowerCase() may produce java.lang.NullPointerException
• 03: Argument getText() might be null