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Re:Java 8 Features by smoyer on Friday May 30, 2014 @09:47AM (#7821723)
I still prefer using JSR-305 annotations/tools (like Findbugs) to do static analysis. Reification should help Optional<?> become more useful, but why would you ask for run-time checking when in most cases compile-time checking identifies the problems?
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Re:Java 8 Features by mumrah on Friday May 30, 2014 @09:51AM (#7821755)
Guava has a nice explanation: https://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/UsingAndAvoid.... Essentially, it forces you to actively think about the "absent" case when programming.
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