Java 8 Optional - Replace your get() calls | Reverse Coding

Java 8 Optional - Replace your get() calls | Reverse Coding

Optional class were introduced in order to prevent NullPointerException, but method get() used to retrieve the value inside the Optional might still throw a NoSuchElementException.

Different name, same issue?

Calling get() without checking that the value is actually present it's a problem. So we should always write something like this in order to use get().

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