RFR(m): 8140281 deprecate Optional.get()

[Stuart Marks]

On 4/28/16 4:05 AM, Stanislav Baiduzhyi wrote:
> Those examples are amazing. Would it be possible to expand Optional
> class javadoc with some of those examples? First, second, and the last
> one are the most descriptive in my opinion. I frowned at Optional for
> so long, you just showed me that I was not using it properly.

Yes, this is a good point, independent of deprecation of get() and addition of 
new/replacement methods such as getWhenPresent(). It does seem really hard to 
look at the API docs for Optional and to figure out how they're intended to be 
used. While the javadocs aren't the right place for a tutorial, it's certainly 
reasonable to have a few small examples in key places.

I've filed JDK-8155693 to track this.

s'marks