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Optional - The Mother of All Bikesheds by Stuart Marks
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Stuart Marks explains the intended purpose and proper use of Java 8's Optional class and why it caused so much controversy. He gives guidelines for using its small API correctly.
Cited as the authoritative explanation, from the person who added it to OpenJDK, of Optional's narrow intended purpose.
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