With a the other day, Java 8's Optional is starting to look more useful. It finally got filter, map and flatMap: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/lambda/lambda/jdk/rev/fde3666e6394
Then, ifPresent was renamed to forEach: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/lambda/lambda/jdk/rev/9d9753590439 Now, if we could get an factory method that will handle instansiation with nulls, (like a fromNullable in guava, or the apply in Option in Scala) creating Optionals would be a lot less verbose. No reason why every developer should have to write a null check before creating an Optional. And while they are at it, why not add 'exists' and 'forall' ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
