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Renato Garcia commented on JDO-751: ----------------------------------- {quote} Just to clarify the first question: I see that 'Optional' should be allowed to reference persistence classes (as FCOs) as well as SCOs (such as String, ...). But I guess Optional itself should not be a persistent type? {quote} Optional type can be seen as a collection containing zero or one item, so perhaps it would make sense to address them the same way the spec addresses the other collection types. Regarding JDOQL support, I kind of like the idea of supporting methods like isPresent and make a distinction as Tilmann has mentioned above. Also, given the following scenario: Person FCO with an Optional<Address> I think it would probably be nice to be able to just write something like this in the query: {code:java} person.address.postCode = foo {code} instead of having to deference the value using get > Support for Java8 Optional > -------------------------- > > Key: JDO-751 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JDO-751 > Project: JDO > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: specification, tck > Reporter: Andy Jefferson > > java.util.Optional provides a feature that is available in other languages. > Since JDO 3.2 will be for Java8+ then it makes sense to add support for this > as a "supported persistable type" -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)