Treat Maven plugin parameters as externally initialized

[ZedingZhang]

Maven injects fields annotated with org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter at runtime. Include that annotation in NullAway's default excluded field annotations so Maven plugin parameters do not produce uninitialized-field diagnostics.

Add a framework test that accepts a Maven-injected field while verifying that an ordinary uninitialized field is still diagnosed.

The original issue proposed restricting this behavior to Mojo implementations. The maintainer discussion on #1319 instead settled on adding @Parameter to the default excluded field annotations, avoiding the overhead of a Maven-specific handler, and identified ErrorProneCLIFlagsConfig as the intended change location.

Fixes #1319

Validation

• ./gradlew :nullaway:test --tests "com.uber.nullaway.FrameworkTests.mavenParameterFieldTest"
• ./gradlew :nullaway:buildWithNullAway
• ./gradlew :nullaway:test runs with four ErrorProneCLIFlagsConfigTest failures on Windows with Temurin 21.0.12.1; the representative noFlagsFails failure reproduces on an unchanged origin/master worktree.

I have manually reviewed and understand all changes in this PR.

Assisted-by: Codex (GPT-5)

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Walkthrough

The default excluded field annotation set now includes org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter. A new compilation test verifies that an annotated field can be dereferenced without a warning, while a separate uninitialized non-null field still produces a field-initialization diagnostic.

Suggested reviewers: msridhar

Priority: ➖ Normal

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 167d5

This change can hide real uninitialized-field errors in non-Mojo classes using Maven’s annotation. Restrict the exemption to Mojo classes before merging.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 2

❌ Failed checks (2 warnings)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	Issue #1319 requires @Parameter fields to be treated as dynamically initialized if and only if the enclosing class implements Mojo, including subclasses of Mojo implementations. The PR adds `org…	Apply the @Parameter exclusion only when the enclosing class implements Mojo, including inherited implementations. Add tests for a Mojo implementation, a subclass of AbstractMojo or another Mojo implementation, and a non-Mojo cl…
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 2 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The production change and the framework test both directly support issue #1319. The test also checks that ordinary uninitialized fields still produce diagnostics. No unrelated changes are shown.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: treating Maven plugin parameters as externally initialized.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the Maven @Parameter change, the added test, the design decision, linked issue, and validation results.

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Explanation

Issue #1319 requires @Parameter fields to be treated as dynamically initialized if and only if the enclosing class implements Mojo, including subclasses of Mojo implementations. The PR adds org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter to the global DEFAULT_EXCLUDED_FIELD_ANNOT set. Config.isExcludedFieldAnnotation defines this configuration as applying to any field with the annotation. The added mavenParameterFieldTest uses class TestCase, which does not implement or extend Mojo, and therefore does not test the required class condition. The implementation also lacks a negative test for a non-Maven class.

Resolution

Apply the @Parameter exclusion only when the enclosing class implements Mojo, including inherited implementations. Add tests for a Mojo implementation, a subclass of AbstractMojo or another Mojo implementation, and a non-Mojo class with @Parameter that must still report uninitialized fields.

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In `@nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/ErrorProneCLIFlagsConfig.java`:
- Line 185: Remove org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter from
DEFAULT_EXCLUDED_FIELD_ANNOT and add Maven-specific field-initialization
handling that skips matching fields only when the enclosing class is a subtype
of org.apache.maven.plugin.Mojo, using the class context available through
Handler.shouldSkipFieldInitializationCheck. Update mavenParameterFieldTest to
cover both a Mojo class that is skipped and a non-Mojo class that reports the
field-initialization diagnostic.

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[msridhar]

Based on the discussion in #1319 I think we can merge this. Thanks!

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 87.69%. Comparing base (1180871) to head (167d52d).

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