Don't push your luck ! :-p

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:52 AM, Morten A-Gott <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 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' ?
>
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