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package com.google.errorprone.matchers;

import com.google.errorprone.VisitorState;
import com.google.errorprone.util.ASTHelpers;

import com.sun.source.tree.ExpressionTree;
import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol;
import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.MethodSymbol;

/**
 * Matches a static method expression.
 *
 * @author alexeagle@google.com (Alex Eagle)
 */
public class StaticMethod implements Matcher<ExpressionTree> {
  private final String fullClass;
  private final String methodName;

  public StaticMethod(String fullClass, String methodName) {
    this.fullClass = fullClass;
    this.methodName = methodName;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean matches(ExpressionTree item, VisitorState state) {
    Symbol sym = ASTHelpers.getSymbol(item);
    if (sym == null || !(sym instanceof MethodSymbol)) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException("staticMethod not passed a method call");
    }
    if (!sym.isStatic()) {
      return false;
    }

    boolean methodSame = sym.getQualifiedName().toString().equals(methodName);
    boolean classSame = sym.owner.getQualifiedName().toString().equals(fullClass);
    return methodSame && classSame;
  }
}

@@ -1420,109 +1420,12 @@
 bol)
-) %7B%0A      throw new IllegalArgumentException(%22staticMethod not passed a method call%22);%0A    %7D%0A    if (
+ %7C%7C 
 !sym

Make StaticMethod fail the match rather than throwing an exception when not passed a method invocation.