Java Map implementation that returns a default value instead of null

Question

I have a Map> in my code, where I\'d avoid potential null pointers if the map\'s #get() method returned an empty l

Answer 1

Guava has a method to do exactly what you want. It is similar to Argote's answer.

Map> myMap = ...
Functions.forMap(myMap, Arrays.asList("default", "value"));