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package imagej.module.process;

import imagej.module.Module;
import imagej.module.ModuleItem;
import imagej.widget.InputHarvester;

import org.scijava.log.LogService;
import org.scijava.plugin.Parameter;
import org.scijava.plugin.Plugin;

/**
 * A preprocessor plugin that does a final check of input parameters,
 * complaining if any required ones are null.
 * 
 * @author Curtis Rueden
 */
@Plugin(type = PreprocessorPlugin.class,
	priority = InputHarvester.PRIORITY - 1)
public class CheckInputsPreprocessor extends AbstractPreprocessorPlugin {

	@Parameter(required = false)
	private LogService log;

	// -- ModuleProcessor methods --

	@Override
	public void process(final Module module) {
		for (final ModuleItem<?> input : module.getInfo().inputs()) {
			if (input.isRequired() && input.getValue(module) == null) {
				cancel("'" + input.getName() + "' is required but unset.");
			}
		}
	}

}

Add preprocessor which cancels on null inputs
Add preprocessor which cancels on null inputs

If an input is required but unset, this preprocessor fails with a
friendlier message than you would likely get otherwise (probably NPE).
