Java “?” Operator for checking null - What is it? (Not Ternary!)

Question

I was reading an article linked from a slashdot story, and came across this little tidbit:

Take the latest version of Java, which tries to make null-poi

Answer 1

You can test the code which you have provided and it will give syntax error.So, it is not supported in Java. Groovy does support it and it was proposed for Java 7 (but never got included).

However, you can use the Optional provided in Java 8. This might help you in achieving something on similar line. https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Optional.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/java8-optional-2175753.html

Example Code for Optional