From d360820fb84cb58b8700fc9c1a11689b9c1daff7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Eder <lukas.eder@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:46:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [jOOQ/jOOQ#13147] Context::scopeMapping should return
 @NotNull QueryPart

---
 jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Context.java | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Context.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Context.java
index 65f92d31c3..7fb09e7ceb 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Context.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Context.java
@@ -343,10 +343,12 @@ public interface Context<C extends Context<C>> extends Scope {
     C scopeRegister(QueryPart part, boolean forceNew, QueryPart mapped);
 
     /**
-     * Retrieve the registered mapping for a query part in the current scope, or
-     * <code>null</code> if no such mapping exists.
+     * Retrieve the registered mapping for a query part in the current scope.
+     * <p>
+     * If no such mapping exists, the argument {@link QueryPart} itself is
+     * returned.
      */
-    @Nullable
+    @NotNull
     QueryPart scopeMapping(QueryPart part);
 
     /**