Java 8 Optional examples and usage

        Why Optional : Use it with streams , use it in your return types, make your code safer against to the NPE, make your code more readable...This allows the caller to continue a chain of fluent method calls.

And Note: The key here is the focus on use as a return type. The class is definitively not intended for use as a property of a Java Bean. Witness to this is that Optional does not implement Serializable, which is generally necessary for widespread use as a property of an object.

If you really wonder what will change in your life with this new Stolen keyword (from Guava) you'd better to read its origin.

More code & less bullshit.. Lets see its usage then..

And you can use in streams as follows