[pubby]

Is that C++? Just use a reference if you want a pointer which asserts it can't be null.

[kruffin]

It's Java ;P I haven't used C++ in a long time. But you are correct a reference does exactly what he wants.

For anyone who needs to look it up like me: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_(C%2B%2B)

[acomar]

Except the reference can itself be null, which is still problematic.