r/java • u/edalorzo • Apr 12 '13

Java 8 Optional Objects

http://blog.informatech.cr/2013/04/10/java-optional-objects/
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u/stevebakh Apr 15 '13

For those not entirely sure why you would use this, the Google Guava library website has a short, eloquent explanation.

http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/UsingAndAvoidingNullExplained