Why use Optional.of over Optional.ofNullable?

Question

When using the Java 8 Optional class, there are two ways in which a value can be wrapped in an optional.

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Answer 1

In addition, If you know your code should not work if object is null, you can throw exception by using Optional.orElseThrow

String nullName = null;
String name = Optional.ofNullable(nullName).orElseThrow(NullPointerException::new);