Java 8 Optional类的要点分析
然后仔细浏览Urma所著的Oracle的Java官方Tutorial。
Urma关于空指针的一段话：
I will argue in this article that using null to represent the absence of a value is a wrong approach. What we need is a better way to model the absence and presence of a value.
关于引入java.util.Optional类的初衷：
It is important to note that the intention of the Optional class is not to replace every single null reference. Instead, its purpose is to help design more-comprehensible APIs so that by just reading the signature of a method, you can tell whether you can expect an optional value. This forces you to actively unwrap an Optional to deal with the absence of a value.
Optional.map和Optional.flatMap的区别
其实只要仔细读读Optional类的源码就明白两者的区别了：
/**
* If a value is present, apply the provided mapping function to it,
* and if the result is non-null, return an {@code Optional} describing the
* result. Otherwise return an empty {@code Optional}.
*
* @apiNote This method supports post-processing on optional values, without
* the need to explicitly check for a return status. For example, the
* following code traverses a stream of file names, selects one that has
* not yet been processed, and then opens that file, returning an
* {@code Optional<FileInputStream>}:
*
* <pre>{@code
* Optional<FileInputStream> fis =
* names.stream().filter(name -> !isProcessedYet(name))
* .findFirst()
* .map(name -> new FileInputStream(name));
* }</pre>
*
* Here, {@code findFirst} returns an {@code Optional<String>}, and then
* {@code map} returns an {@code Optional<FileInputStream>} for the desired
* file if one exists.
*
* @param <U> The type of the result of the mapping function
* @param mapper a mapping function to apply to the value, if present
* @return an {@code Optional} describing the result of applying a mapping
* function to the value of this {@code Optional}, if a value is present,
* otherwise an empty {@code Optional}
* @throws NullPointerException if the mapping function is null
*/
public<U> Optional<U> map(Function<? super T, ? extends U> mapper) {
Objects.requireNonNull(mapper);
if (!isPresent())
return empty();
else {
return Optional.ofNullable(mapper.apply(value));
}
}
/**
* If a value is present, apply the provided {@code Optional}-bearing
* mapping function to it, return that result, otherwise return an empty
* {@code Optional}. This method is similar to {@link #map(Function)},
* but the provided mapper is one whose result is already an {@code Optional},
* and if invoked, {@code flatMap} does not wrap it with an additional
* {@code Optional}.
*
* @param <U> The type parameter to the {@code Optional} returned by
* @param mapper a mapping function to apply to the value, if present
* the mapping function
* @return the result of applying an {@code Optional}-bearing mapping
* function to the value of this {@code Optional}, if a value is present,
* otherwise an empty {@code Optional}
* @throws NullPointerException if the mapping function is null or returns
* a null result
*/
public<U> Optional<U> flatMap(Function<? super T, Optional<U>> mapper) {
Objects.requireNonNull(mapper);
if (!isPresent())
return empty();
else {
return Objects.requireNonNull(mapper.apply(value));
}
}
可见两者唯一的区别就是map方法在最后用 Optional.ofNullable 包装了返回值，而flatMap没有。
Optional类的primitive版本
OptionalInt、OptionalLong、OptionalDouble，它们的对应get方法签名变成了getAsInt、getAsLong、getAsDouble。