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Java Optional<T> is a container object that may or may not contain a value. It is often used to handle situations where a value might be absent, avoiding NullPointerException and providing a more expressive alternative to null checks. Introduced in Java 2014 with Java 8, Optional is part of Java's java.util package and is widely used for safer handling of potentially null values in functional programming contexts.

https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/Optional.html