nullable_type_in_implements_clause

A class, mixin, or extension type can't implement a nullable type.

The analyzer produces this diagnostic when a class, mixin, or extension type declaration has an implements clause, and an interface is followed by a ?.

It isn't valid to specify a nullable interface because doing so would have no meaning; it wouldn't change the interface being inherited by the class containing the implements clause.

Note, however, that it is valid to use a nullable type as a type argument to the interface, such as class A implements B<C?> {}.

The following code produces this diagnostic because A? is a nullable type, and nullable types can't be used in an implements clause:

class A {}
class B implements A? {}

Remove the question mark from the type:

class A {}
class B implements A {}

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