Can't you just use java.util.Optional? That was added way back (ahum) in
Java 8.
Converting your example:
SubSubSubProperty value = Optional.ofNullable(object)
.map(ObjectType::getProperty)
.map(Property::getSubProperty)
.map(SubProperty::getSubSubProperty)
.map(SubSubProperty::getSubSubSubProperty)
.orElse(null);
On 18/07/2020 14:28, Juraj Jurčo wrote:
Hi guys,
I'm new in this list and I would like to contribute to Apache commons.
First of all I would like get some feedback if it makes sense to contribute.
Java is slow in implementation of null-safe operator however sometimes it's
really needed. So far I didn't find any implementation of this in any
library and I think it can be useful for many developers.
To the point, instead of writing something like:
if(object != null
&& object.getProperty() != null
&& object.getProperty().getSubProperty() != null
&& object.getProperty().getSubProperty().getSubSubProperty() !=
null ){
Object value =
object.getProperty().getSubProperty().getSubSubProperty().getSubSubSubProperty();
}
I would like to turn it into something like this:
Object value = ObjectUtils
.nullish(object)
.nullish(object::getProperty)
.nullish(Property::getSubProperty)
.nullish(SubProperty::getSubSubProperty)
.get(SubSubProperty::getSubSubSubProperty);
The idea is to return null in the case any property 'on the way' returns
null. I can implement it with defaults as well.
Do you have some objections to the implementation? Do you know if it
already exists somewhere?
Thanks for your feedback,
best, Juraj+
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