/* * Copyright (C) 2011 The Guava Authors * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.google.common.base; import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull; import com.google.common.annotations.Beta; import com.google.common.annotations.GwtCompatible; import java.io.Serializable; import java.util.Collections; import java.util.Iterator; import java.util.Set; import javax.annotation.Nullable; /** * An immutable object that may contain a non-null reference to another object. Each * instance of this type either contains a non-null reference, or contains nothing (in * which case we say that the reference is "absent"); it is never said to "contain {@code * null}". * *

A non-null {@code Optional} reference can be used as a replacement for a nullable * {@code T} reference. It allows you to represent "a {@code T} that must be present" and * a "a {@code T} that might be absent" as two distinct types in your program, which can * aid clarity. * *

Some uses of this class include * *

* *

A common alternative to using this class is to find or create a suitable * null object for the * type in question. * *

This class is not intended as a direct analogue of any existing "option" or "maybe" * construct from other programming environments, though it may bear some similarities. * * @param the type of instance that can be contained. {@code Optional} is naturally * covariant on this type, so it is safe to cast an {@code Optional} to {@code * Optional} for any supertype {@code S} of {@code T}. * @author Kurt Alfred Kluever * @author Kevin Bourrillion * @since 10.0 */ @Beta @GwtCompatible public abstract class Optional implements Serializable { /** * Returns an {@code Optional} instance with no contained reference. */ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") public static Optional absent() { return (Optional) Absent.INSTANCE; } /** * Returns an {@code Optional} instance containing the given non-null reference. */ public static Optional of(T reference) { return new Present(checkNotNull(reference)); } /** * If {@code nullableReference} is non-null, returns an {@code Optional} instance containing that * reference; otherwise returns {@link Optional#absent}. */ public static Optional fromNullable(@Nullable T nullableReference) { return (nullableReference == null) ? Optional.absent() : new Present(nullableReference); } private Optional() {} /** * Returns {@code true} if this holder contains a (non-null) instance. */ public abstract boolean isPresent(); /** * Returns the contained instance, which must be present. If the instance might be * absent, use {@link #or(Object)} or {@link #orNull} instead. * * @throws IllegalStateException if the instance is absent ({@link #isPresent} returns * {@code false}) */ public abstract T get(); /** * Returns the contained instance if it is present; {@code defaultValue} otherwise. If * no default value should be required because the instance is known to be present, use * {@link #get()} instead. For a default value of {@code null}, use {@link #orNull}. */ public abstract T or(T defaultValue); /** * Returns this {@code Optional} if it has a value present; {@code secondChoice} * otherwise. */ public abstract Optional or(Optional secondChoice); /** * Returns the contained instance if it is present; {@code supplier.get()} otherwise. If the * supplier returns {@code null}, a {@link NullPointerException} will be thrown. * * @throws NullPointerException if the supplier returns {@code null} */ public abstract T or(Supplier supplier); /** * Returns the contained instance if it is present; {@code null} otherwise. If the * instance is known to be present, use {@link #get()} instead. */ @Nullable public abstract T orNull(); /** * Returns an immutable singleton {@link Set} whose only element is the * contained instance if it is present; an empty immutable {@link Set} * otherwise. * * @since 11.0 */ public abstract Set asSet(); /** * Returns {@code true} if {@code object} is an {@code Optional} instance, and either * the contained references are {@linkplain Object#equals equal} to each other or both * are absent. Note that {@code Optional} instances of differing parameterized types can * be equal. */ @Override public abstract boolean equals(@Nullable Object object); /** * Returns a hash code for this instance. */ @Override public abstract int hashCode(); /** * Returns a string representation for this instance. The form of this string * representation is unspecified. */ @Override public abstract String toString(); /** * Returns the value of each present instance from the supplied {@code optionals}, in order, * skipping over occurrences of {@link Optional#absent}. Iterators are unmodifiable and are * evaluated lazily. * * @since 11.0 */ public static Iterable presentInstances(final Iterable> optionals) { checkNotNull(optionals); return new Iterable() { @Override public Iterator iterator() { return new AbstractIterator() { private final Iterator> iterator = checkNotNull(optionals.iterator()); @Override protected T computeNext() { while (iterator.hasNext()) { Optional optional = iterator.next(); if (optional.isPresent()) { return optional.get(); } } return endOfData(); } }; }; }; } private static final long serialVersionUID = 0; private static final class Present extends Optional { private final T reference; Present(T reference) { this.reference = reference; } @Override public boolean isPresent() { return true; } @Override public T get() { return reference; } @Override public T or(T defaultValue) { checkNotNull(defaultValue, "use orNull() instead of or(null)"); return reference; } @Override public Optional or(Optional secondChoice) { checkNotNull(secondChoice); return this; } @Override public T or(Supplier supplier) { checkNotNull(supplier); return reference; } @Override public T orNull() { return reference; } @Override public Set asSet() { return Collections.singleton(reference); } @Override public boolean equals(@Nullable Object object) { if (object instanceof Present) { Present other = (Present) object; return reference.equals(other.reference); } return false; } @Override public int hashCode() { return 0x598df91c + reference.hashCode(); } @Override public String toString() { return "Optional.of(" + reference + ")"; } private static final long serialVersionUID = 0; } private static final class Absent extends Optional { private static final Absent INSTANCE = new Absent(); @Override public boolean isPresent() { return false; } @Override public Object get() { throw new IllegalStateException("value is absent"); } @Override public Object or(Object defaultValue) { return checkNotNull(defaultValue, "use orNull() instead of or(null)"); } @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe covariant cast @Override public Optional or(Optional secondChoice) { return (Optional) checkNotNull(secondChoice); } @Override public Object or(Supplier supplier) { return checkNotNull(supplier.get(), "use orNull() instead of a Supplier that returns null"); } @Override @Nullable public Object orNull() { return null; } @Override public Set asSet() { return Collections.emptySet(); } @Override public boolean equals(@Nullable Object object) { return object == this; } @Override public int hashCode() { return 0x598df91c; } @Override public String toString() { return "Optional.absent()"; } private Object readResolve() { return INSTANCE; } private static final long serialVersionUID = 0; } }