title: Can "this" ever be null in Java?
body: <p>Saw this line in a class method and my first reaction was to ridicule the developer that wrote it.. But then, I figured I should make sure I was right first.</p>
  
  <pre><code>public void dataViewActivated(DataViewEvent e) {
      if (this != null)
          // Do some work
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Will that line ever evaluate to false? </p>