facilitate type inference. * <p/> * For example: * <pre>assertThat(cheese, is(nullValue(Cheese.class))</pre> * * @param type * dummy parameter used to infer the generic type of the returned matcher */ public static <T> org.hamcrest.Matcher<T> nullValue(java.lang.Class<T> type) { return org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.<T>nullValue(type); } /** * A shortcut to the frequently used <code>not(nullValue())</code>. * <p/> * For example: * <pre>assertThat(cheese, is(notNullValue()))</pre> * instead of: * <pre>assertThat(cheese,...