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Optional call chain can be simplified

Reports Optional call chains that can be simplified. Here are several examples of possible simplifications:

  • optional.map(x -> true).orElse(false)optional.isPresent()

  • optional.map(x -> Optional.of(x.trim())).orElseGet(Optional::empty)optional.map(String::trim)

  • optional.map(x -> (String)x).orElse(null)(String) optional.orElse(null)

  • Optional.ofNullable(optional.orElse(null))optional

  • val = optional.orElse(null); val != null ? val : defaultExproptional.orElse(defaultExpr)

  • val = optional.orElse(null); if(val != null) expr(val)optional.ifPresent(val -> expr(val))

New in 2017.2

Inspection Details

Available in:

IntelliJ IDEA 2023.3, Qodana for JVM 2023.3

Plugin:

Java, 233.SNAPSHOT

Last modified: 13 July 2023