Optional.or name <was> Re: RFR 8080418 Add Optional.or()

[Stefan Zobel]

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> “Optional.or” is the best name so far i have come up with. The “orElse” prefix is reversed for terminal methods and i don’t want to overload that.
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> Alternative suggestions:
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> - “Optional.otherwise”
> A bit of a mouthful, but reasonably accurate
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> - “Optional.mapElse"
> The name is not entirely accurate since it accepts a Suppler<T> not a T, a more accurate name would be the following alternative.
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> - “Optional.flatMapElse"
> This name is likely to confuse.
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> Paul.
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- "Optional.orIfAbsent" perhaps?

Actually, I don't regard "Optional.or" as a poor name.


Stefan.