import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable; public class OutputVariableDuplicate { String foo() { String var = newMethod(); if (var == null) return null; System.out.println(var); return var; } @Nullable private String newMethod() { String var = ""; if (var == null) { return null; } return var; } String bar() { String var = newMethod(); if (var == null) return null; System.out.println(var); return var; } }