Answers for "how to have optional parameter in java"

java optional parameters

void foo(String a, Object... b) {
        Integer b1 = 0;
        String b2 = "";
        if (b.length > 0) {
          if (!(b[0] instanceof Integer)) { 
              throw new IllegalArgumentException("...");
          }
          b1 = (Integer)b[0];
        }
        if (b.length > 1) {
            if (!(b[1] instanceof String)) { 
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("...");
            }
            b2 = (String)b[1];
            //...
        }
        //...
    }

    foo("a");
    foo("a", 1);
    foo("a", 1, "b2");

java how to make a parameter optional

void foo(String a, Optional<Integer> bOpt) {
    Integer b = bOpt.isPresent() ? bOpt.get() : 0;
    //...
}

foo("a", Optional.of(2));
foo("a", Optional.<Integer>absent());

java how to make a parameter optional

void foo(String a, Integer... b) {
    Integer b1 = b.length > 0 ? b[0] : 0;
    Integer b2 = b.length > 1 ? b[1] : 0;
    //...
}

foo("a");
foo("a", 1, 2);

java how to make a parameter optional

void foo(String a, Integer b, Integer c) {
    b = b != null ? b : 0;
    c = c != null ? c : 0;
    //...
}

foo("a", null, 2);