comment on NoType

uber · Oct 18, 2023 · f9e39ca · f9e39ca
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commit f9e39ca
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diff --git a/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/GenericsChecks.java b/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/GenericsChecks.java
@@ -547,7 +547,8 @@ public Boolean visitClassType(Type.ClassType lhsType, Type rhsType) {
         }
       }
       // If there is an enclosing type (for non-static inner classes), its type argument nullability
-      // should also match
+      // should also match.  When there is no enclosing type, getEnclosingType() returns a NoType
+      // object, which gets handled by the fallback visitType() method
       return lhsType.getEnclosingType().accept(this, rhsType.getEnclosingType());
     }