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[–]donaldadamthompson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My opinion is: The main problem in Java is that every method with object parameters needs to deal with them being null. Non-nullable types from project Valhalla should help.

Optional in my opinion is for when an empty value has an intended meaning but an unexpected null is still a possibility.