Github user zentol commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4602#discussion_r139424865
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flink-core/src/main/java/org/apache/flink/util/OptionalConsumer.java ---
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+/*
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package org.apache.flink.util;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+/**
+ * Utility class which allows to run code depending on whether the
+ * optional has a value or is empty.
+ *
+ * <p>This code has been copied from:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/29395324/4815083.
+ *
+ * @param <T> type of the optional
+ */
+public class OptionalConsumer<T> {
+ private Optional<T> optional;
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could be final
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