public void testVerifyNotNull_simple_success() {
    String result = verifyNotNull(NON_NULL_STRING);
    assertThat(result).isSameInstanceAs(NON_NULL_STRING);
  }

  public void testVerifyNotNull_simple_failure() {
    assertThrows(VerifyException.class, () -> verifyNotNull(null));
  }

  public void testVerifyNotNull_complexMessage_success() {
    String result = verifyNotNull(NON_NULL_STRING, "%s", IGNORE_ME);

    }
  }

  /*
   * For a discussion of the signature of verifyNotNull, see the discussion above
   * Preconditions.checkNotNull.
   *
   * (verifyNotNull has many fewer "problem" callers, so we could try to be stricter. On the other
   * hand, verifyNotNull arguably has more reason to accept nullable arguments in the first
   * place....)
   */

  /**

  public void testVerifyNotNull_simple_success() {
    String result = verifyNotNull(NON_NULL_STRING);
    assertThat(result).isSameInstanceAs(NON_NULL_STRING);
  }

  public void testVerifyNotNull_simple_failure() {
    assertThrows(VerifyException.class, () -> verifyNotNull(null));
  }

  public void testVerifyNotNull_complexMessage_success() {
    String result = verifyNotNull(NON_NULL_STRING, "%s", IGNORE_ME);

    }
  }

  /*
   * For a discussion of the signature of verifyNotNull, see the discussion above
   * Preconditions.checkNotNull.
   *
   * (verifyNotNull has many fewer "problem" callers, so we could try to be stricter. On the other
   * hand, verifyNotNull arguably has more reason to accept nullable arguments in the first
   * place....)
   */

  /**

   *
   * @param reference an object reference
   * @return the non-null reference that was validated
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code reference} is null
   * @see Verify#verifyNotNull Verify.verifyNotNull()
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public static <T> T checkNotNull(@Nullable T reference) {
    if (reference == null) {
      throw new NullPointerException();
    }
    return reference;

   *
   * @param reference an object reference
   * @return the non-null reference that was validated
   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code reference} is null
   * @see Verify#verifyNotNull Verify.verifyNotNull()
   */
  @CanIgnoreReturnValue
  public static <T> T checkNotNull(@Nullable T reference) {
    if (reference == null) {
      throw new NullPointerException();
    }
    return reference;