Maybe "an optional equivalent to {@code this}"
The original text is quite obtuse.
Stephen
On 14 October 2015 at 09:54, Paul Sandoz <paul.san...@oracle.com> wrote:
>
>> On 13 Oct 2015, at 22:43, Stephen Colebourne <scolebou...@joda.org> wrote:
>>
>> I'd prefer to see "this" mentioned:
>>
>> "If a value is not present, invoke the specified supplier to provide
>> the result, otherwise return {@code this}"
>>
>> While I understand the original form gave some spec wiggle room, it
>> also made the method far more mysterious.
>>
>
> That wiggle room is useful to avoid baking in any assumptions about the
> identity of the returned Optional.
>
> Paul.
