Is there a tool that can check for null reference exceptions?

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Published on 2009-07-15T12:29:44Z Indexed on 2010/05/10 11:54 UTC
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Is there a tool available that can scan code and check for possible null reference exceptions, i.e. where there is no code to check for null before calling a method / accessing a property?

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