From 00291a51723453c2a60743b88709bed4b074ec09 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yanming Zhou <zhouyanming@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:47:04 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Polish PathPattern to refine null-safety

Signed-off-by: Yanming Zhou <zhouyanming@gmail.com>
---
 .../java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java  | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java
index 43268065efd..7fb568f8978 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class PathPattern implements Comparable<PathPattern> {
 	 * <li>Consider length (longer wins)
 	 * </ol>
 	 */
-	public static final Comparator<PathPattern> SPECIFICITY_COMPARATOR =
+	public static final Comparator<@Nullable PathPattern> SPECIFICITY_COMPARATOR =
 			Comparator.nullsLast(
 					Comparator.<PathPattern>
 							comparingInt(p -> p.isCatchAll() ? 1 : 0)