What is the meaning of Possible null pointer dereference in findbug?

Question

I am using Sonar and I have got this kind of violation from it for a peace of my code:

 Correctness - Possible null pointer dereference  

Has a

Answer 1

a sample code is something like this.

String s = null ;
if (today is monday){
    s = "Monday" ;
else if (today is tuesday){
    s = "Tuesday" ;
}
System.out.println(s.length()); //Will throw a null pointer if today is not monday or tuesday.