From 3685d331d9e4c1b7e3ff61d38b3ba4f9c81ed574 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kwoyke <krzysztofwoyke@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2019 15:46:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] BAEL-3226: Add java.util.Optional @RequestParam example
 (#8279)

---
 .../spring/requestparam/RequestParamController.java        | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spring-mvc-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/requestparam/RequestParamController.java b/spring-mvc-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/requestparam/RequestParamController.java
index bcb1fe5a82..eb445f7801 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/requestparam/RequestParamController.java
+++ b/spring-mvc-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/requestparam/RequestParamController.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.baeldung.spring.requestparam;
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@ public class RequestParamController {
     public String getFoos2(@RequestParam(required = false) String id){ 
         return "ID: " + id;
     }
+
+    @GetMapping("/api/foosOptional")
+    @ResponseBody
+    public String getFoosOptional(@RequestParam Optional<String> id){
+        return "ID: " + id.orElseGet(() -> "not provided");
+    }
     
     @GetMapping("/api/foos3")
     @ResponseBody