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Optional: add notes explaining intended use

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        There has been a lot of confusion about the intended use of Optional. There's nothing about this in its specification. It would be good if the specification had a brief explanation of this.

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            Backport - A issue that is required to port a Bug or Feature into another product release. This issue type is generally associated with the main Bug/Feature to represent each individual release of the port. JDK-8179806 Optional: add notes explaining intended use

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            Enhancement - null JDK-8072717 Add API notes to Optional class doc to cover intended usage

            • P4 - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
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