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014
015package com.google.common.base;
016
017import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
018
019import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible;
020import com.google.errorprone.annotations.DoNotMock;
021import java.io.Serializable;
022import java.util.Iterator;
023import java.util.Set;
024import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.Nullable;
025
026/**
027 * An immutable object that may contain a non-null reference to another object. Each instance of
028 * this type either contains a non-null reference, or contains nothing (in which case we say that
029 * the reference is "absent"); it is never said to "contain {@code null}".
030 *
031 * <p>A non-null {@code Optional<T>} reference can be used as a replacement for a nullable {@code T}
032 * reference. It allows you to represent "a {@code T} that must be present" and a "a {@code T} that
033 * might be absent" as two distinct types in your program, which can aid clarity.
034 *
035 * <p>Some uses of this class include
036 *
037 * <ul>
038 *   <li>As a method return type, as an alternative to returning {@code null} to indicate that no
039 *       value was available
040 *   <li>To distinguish between "unknown" (for example, not present in a map) and "known to have no
041 *       value" (present in the map, with value {@code Optional.absent()})
042 *   <li>To wrap nullable references for storage in a collection that does not support {@code null}
043 *       (though there are <a
044 *       href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/LivingWithNullHostileCollections">several other
045 *       approaches to this</a> that should be considered first)
046 * </ul>
047 *
048 * <p>A common alternative to using this class is to find or create a suitable <a
049 * href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null_Object_pattern">null object</a> for the type in question.
050 *
051 * <p>This class is not intended as a direct analogue of any existing "option" or "maybe" construct
052 * from other programming environments, though it may bear some similarities.
053 *
054 * <p>An instance of this class is serializable if its reference is absent or is a serializable
055 * object.
056 *
057 * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional} (JDK 8 and higher):</b> A new {@code Optional}
058 * class was added for Java 8. The two classes are extremely similar, but incompatible (they cannot
059 * share a common supertype). <i>All</i> known differences are listed either here or with the
060 * relevant methods below.
061 *
062 * <ul>
063 *   <li>This class is serializable; {@code java.util.Optional} is not.
064 *   <li>{@code java.util.Optional} has the additional methods {@code ifPresent}, {@code filter},
065 *       {@code flatMap}, and {@code orElseThrow}.
066 *   <li>{@code java.util} offers the primitive-specialized versions {@code OptionalInt}, {@code
067 *       OptionalLong} and {@code OptionalDouble}, the use of which is recommended; Guava does not
068 *       have these.
069 * </ul>
070 *
071 * <p><b>There are no plans to deprecate this class in the foreseeable future.</b> However, we do
072 * gently recommend that you prefer the new, standard Java class whenever possible.
073 *
074 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a
075 * href="https://github.com/google/guava/wiki/UsingAndAvoidingNullExplained#optional">using {@code
076 * Optional}</a>.
077 *
078 * @param <T> the type of instance that can be contained. {@code Optional} is naturally covariant on
079 *     this type, so it is safe to cast an {@code Optional<T>} to {@code Optional<S>} for any
080 *     supertype {@code S} of {@code T}.
081 * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever
082 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
083 * @since 10.0
084 */
085@DoNotMock("Use Optional.of(value) or Optional.absent()")
086@GwtCompatible(serializable = true)
087public abstract class Optional<T> implements Serializable {
088  /**
089   * Returns an {@code Optional} instance with no contained reference.
090   *
091   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
092   * {@code Optional.empty}.
093   */
094  public static <T> Optional<T> absent() {
095    return Absent.withType();
096  }
097
098  /**
099   * Returns an {@code Optional} instance containing the given non-null reference. To have {@code
100   * null} treated as {@link #absent}, use {@link #fromNullable} instead.
101   *
102   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> no differences.
103   *
104   * @throws NullPointerException if {@code reference} is null
105   */
106  public static <T> Optional<T> of(T reference) {
107    return new Present<>(checkNotNull(reference));
108  }
109
110  /**
111   * If {@code nullableReference} is non-null, returns an {@code Optional} instance containing that
112   * reference; otherwise returns {@link Optional#absent}.
113   *
114   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
115   * {@code Optional.ofNullable}.
116   */
117  public static <T> Optional<T> fromNullable(@Nullable T nullableReference) {
118    return (nullableReference == null) ? Optional.<T>absent() : new Present<T>(nullableReference);
119  }
120
121  /**
122   * Returns the equivalent {@code com.google.common.base.Optional} value to the given {@code
123   * java.util.Optional}, or {@code null} if the argument is null.
124   *
125   * @since 33.4.0 (but since 21.0 in the JRE flavor)
126   */
127  @SuppressWarnings("Java7ApiChecker")
128  @IgnoreJRERequirement // Users will use this only if they're already using Optional.
129  public static <T> @Nullable Optional<T> fromJavaUtil(
130      java.util.@Nullable Optional<T> javaUtilOptional) {
131    return (javaUtilOptional == null) ? null : fromNullable(javaUtilOptional.orElse(null));
132  }
133
134  /**
135   * Returns the equivalent {@code java.util.Optional} value to the given {@code
136   * com.google.common.base.Optional}, or {@code null} if the argument is null.
137   *
138   * <p>If {@code googleOptional} is known to be non-null, use {@code googleOptional.toJavaUtil()}
139   * instead.
140   *
141   * <p>Unfortunately, the method reference {@code Optional::toJavaUtil} will not work, because it
142   * could refer to either the static or instance version of this method. Write out the lambda
143   * expression {@code o -> Optional.toJavaUtil(o)} instead.
144   *
145   * @since 33.4.0 (but since 21.0 in the JRE flavor)
146   */
147  @SuppressWarnings({
148    "AmbiguousMethodReference", // We chose the name despite knowing this risk.
149    "Java7ApiChecker",
150  })
151  // If users use this when they shouldn't, we hope that NewApi will catch subsequent Optional calls
152  @IgnoreJRERequirement
153  public static <T> java.util.@Nullable Optional<T> toJavaUtil(
154      @Nullable Optional<T> googleOptional) {
155    return googleOptional == null ? null : googleOptional.toJavaUtil();
156  }
157
158  /**
159   * Returns the equivalent {@code java.util.Optional} value to this optional.
160   *
161   * <p>Unfortunately, the method reference {@code Optional::toJavaUtil} will not work, because it
162   * could refer to either the static or instance version of this method. Write out the lambda
163   * expression {@code o -> o.toJavaUtil()} instead.
164   *
165   * @since 33.4.0 (but since 21.0 in the JRE flavor)
166   */
167  @SuppressWarnings({
168    "AmbiguousMethodReference", // We chose the name despite knowing this risk.
169    "Java7ApiChecker",
170  })
171  // If users use this when they shouldn't, we hope that NewApi will catch subsequent Optional calls
172  @IgnoreJRERequirement
173  public java.util.Optional<T> toJavaUtil() {
174    return java.util.Optional.ofNullable(orNull());
175  }
176
177  Optional() {}
178
179  /**
180   * Returns {@code true} if this holder contains a (non-null) instance.
181   *
182   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> no differences.
183   */
184  public abstract boolean isPresent();
185
186  /**
187   * Returns the contained instance, which must be present. If the instance might be absent, use
188   * {@link #or(Object)} or {@link #orNull} instead.
189   *
190   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> when the value is absent, this method
191   * throws {@link IllegalStateException}, whereas the {@code java.util} counterpart throws {@link
192   * java.util.NoSuchElementException NoSuchElementException}.
193   *
194   * @throws IllegalStateException if the instance is absent ({@link #isPresent} returns {@code
195   *     false}); depending on this <i>specific</i> exception type (over the more general {@link
196   *     RuntimeException}) is discouraged
197   */
198  public abstract T get();
199
200  /**
201   * Returns the contained instance if it is present; {@code defaultValue} otherwise. If no default
202   * value should be required because the instance is known to be present, use {@link #get()}
203   * instead. For a default value of {@code null}, use {@link #orNull}.
204   *
205   * <p>Note about generics: The signature {@code public T or(T defaultValue)} is overly
206   * restrictive. However, the ideal signature, {@code public <S super T> S or(S)}, is not legal
207   * Java. As a result, some sensible operations involving subtypes are compile errors:
208   *
209   * <pre>{@code
210   * Optional<Integer> optionalInt = getSomeOptionalInt();
211   * Number value = optionalInt.or(0.5); // error
212   *
213   * FluentIterable<? extends Number> numbers = getSomeNumbers();
214   * Optional<? extends Number> first = numbers.first();
215   * Number value = first.or(0.5); // error
216   * }</pre>
217   *
218   * <p>As a workaround, it is always safe to cast an {@code Optional<? extends T>} to {@code
219   * Optional<T>}. Casting either of the above example {@code Optional} instances to {@code
220   * Optional<Number>} (where {@code Number} is the desired output type) solves the problem:
221   *
222   * <pre>{@code
223   * Optional<Number> optionalInt = (Optional) getSomeOptionalInt();
224   * Number value = optionalInt.or(0.5); // fine
225   *
226   * FluentIterable<? extends Number> numbers = getSomeNumbers();
227   * Optional<Number> first = (Optional) numbers.first();
228   * Number value = first.or(0.5); // fine
229   * }</pre>
230   *
231   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is similar to Java 8's {@code
232   * Optional.orElse}, but will not accept {@code null} as a {@code defaultValue} ({@link #orNull}
233   * must be used instead). As a result, the value returned by this method is guaranteed non-null,
234   * which is not the case for the {@code java.util} equivalent.
235   */
236  public abstract T or(T defaultValue);
237
238  /**
239   * Returns this {@code Optional} if it has a value present; {@code secondChoice} otherwise.
240   *
241   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method has no equivalent in Java 8's
242   * {@code Optional} class; write {@code thisOptional.isPresent() ? thisOptional : secondChoice}
243   * instead.
244   */
245  public abstract Optional<T> or(Optional<? extends T> secondChoice);
246
247  /**
248   * Returns the contained instance if it is present; {@code supplier.get()} otherwise.
249   *
250   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is similar to Java 8's {@code
251   * Optional.orElseGet}, except when {@code supplier} returns {@code null}. In this case this
252   * method throws an exception, whereas the Java 8+ method returns the {@code null} to the caller.
253   *
254   * @throws NullPointerException if this optional's value is absent and the supplier returns {@code
255   *     null}
256   */
257  public abstract T or(Supplier<? extends T> supplier);
258
259  /**
260   * Returns the contained instance if it is present; {@code null} otherwise. If the instance is
261   * known to be present, use {@link #get()} instead.
262   *
263   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is equivalent to Java 8's
264   * {@code Optional.orElse(null)}.
265   */
266  public abstract @Nullable T orNull();
267
268  /**
269   * Returns an immutable singleton {@link Set} whose only element is the contained instance if it
270   * is present; an empty immutable {@link Set} otherwise.
271   *
272   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method has no equivalent in Java 8's
273   * {@code Optional} class. However, this common usage:
274   *
275   * <pre>{@code
276   * for (Foo foo : possibleFoo.asSet()) {
277   *   doSomethingWith(foo);
278   * }
279   * }</pre>
280   *
281   * ... can be replaced with:
282   *
283   * <pre>{@code
284   * possibleFoo.ifPresent(foo -> doSomethingWith(foo));
285   * }</pre>
286   *
287   * <p><b>Java 9 users:</b> some use cases can be written with calls to {@code optional.stream()}.
288   *
289   * @since 11.0
290   */
291  public abstract Set<T> asSet();
292
293  /**
294   * If the instance is present, it is transformed with the given {@link Function}; otherwise,
295   * {@link Optional#absent} is returned.
296   *
297   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method is similar to Java 8's {@code
298   * Optional.map}, except when {@code function} returns {@code null}. In this case this method
299   * throws an exception, whereas the Java 8+ method returns {@code Optional.absent()}.
300   *
301   * @throws NullPointerException if the function returns {@code null}
302   * @since 12.0
303   */
304  public abstract <V> Optional<V> transform(Function<? super T, V> function);
305
306  /**
307   * Returns {@code true} if {@code object} is an {@code Optional} instance, and either the
308   * contained references are {@linkplain Object#equals equal} to each other or both are absent.
309   * Note that {@code Optional} instances of differing parameterized types can be equal.
310   *
311   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> no differences.
312   */
313  @Override
314  public abstract boolean equals(@Nullable Object object);
315
316  /**
317   * Returns a hash code for this instance.
318   *
319   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this class leaves the specific choice of
320   * hash code unspecified, unlike the Java 8+ equivalent.
321   */
322  @Override
323  public abstract int hashCode();
324
325  /**
326   * Returns a string representation for this instance.
327   *
328   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this class leaves the specific string
329   * representation unspecified, unlike the Java 8+ equivalent.
330   */
331  @Override
332  public abstract String toString();
333
334  /**
335   * Returns the value of each present instance from the supplied {@code optionals}, in order,
336   * skipping over occurrences of {@link Optional#absent}. Iterators are unmodifiable and are
337   * evaluated lazily.
338   *
339   * <p><b>Comparison to {@code java.util.Optional}:</b> this method has no equivalent in Java 8's
340   * {@code Optional} class; use {@code
341   * optionals.stream().filter(Optional::isPresent).map(Optional::get)} instead.
342   *
343   * <p><b>Java 9 users:</b> use {@code optionals.stream().flatMap(Optional::stream)} instead.
344   *
345   * @since 11.0 (generics widened in 13.0)
346   */
347  public static <T> Iterable<T> presentInstances(
348      final Iterable<? extends Optional<? extends T>> optionals) {
349    checkNotNull(optionals);
350    return new Iterable<T>() {
351      @Override
352      public Iterator<T> iterator() {
353        return new AbstractIterator<T>() {
354          private final Iterator<? extends Optional<? extends T>> iterator =
355              checkNotNull(optionals.iterator());
356
357          @Override
358          protected @Nullable T computeNext() {
359            while (iterator.hasNext()) {
360              Optional<? extends T> optional = iterator.next();
361              if (optional.isPresent()) {
362                return optional.get();
363              }
364            }
365            return endOfData();
366          }
367        };
368      }
369    };
370  }
371
372  private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
373}