// "Replace Optional presence condition with functional style expression" "true-preview" import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; import java.util.Optional; public class Main { private static Optional test(List list) { Optional first = list.stream().filter(obj -> obj instanceof String).findFirst(); return !first.isPresent() ? Optional.empty() : Optional.of((String) first.get()); } public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(test(Arrays.asList(null, null, "aa", "bbb", "c", null, "dd"))); } }