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Using optional simplifies development mental models. However, it is not recommended to use Optional values as method parameters. Instead, accepted value can be wrapped to optional object(Optional.ofNullable())and the rest of code can stay. Optional is primarily intended for use as a method return type where there is a clear need to represent "no result," and where using null is likely to cause errors. (Reference from https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/docs/api/java.base/java/util/Optional.html )