Optional Class in Java 8 – A Comprehensive Tutorial Core Java java Java 8 by devs5003 - October 16, 2024May 1, 20250 Java 8 introduced many significant features, one of which is the Optional class. It was intended to address the common problem of dealing with null values in Java. Many people in the industry feel that you are not a real Java programmer until you haven't come across a NullPointerException. Since NullPointerException indicates the absence of a value, the null reference is the source of many problems. So, Optional class can address some of these problems. In this article, we will explore the Optional Class in Java 8, its benefits, usage, and best practices to ensure efficient and null-safe code. What is Optional Class in Java? The Optional is a class of the 'java.util' package. In simple words, Optional is a single-value container/wrapper that
Java 8 Features Java 8 Core Java java by devs5003 - August 20, 2024May 1, 20254 Java 8 was released by Oracle after 2 Years 7 Months 18 Days of release of java 7 on March 18th, 2014. However, after Java 1.5 version, Java 8 is the next major release version. Before Java 8, Sun community focused majorly on objects, but in Java 8 version, Oracle community has focused more on functional programming to bring its benefits to the Java language. However, it doesn’t mean that Java is a functional oriented programming language, but we should grasp it in a way that we can apply functional aspects of programming as well now with Java 8. It is a part of Java 8, as an object oriented programming. Here, we will discuss new Java 8 Features one by