Scala | Methods to Call Option

The Option in Scala is referred to a carrier of single or no element for a stated type. When a method returns a value which can even be null then Option is utilized i.e, the method defined returns an instance of an Option, in place of returning a single object or a null.
There are a few methods that we can Call on Scala Option.

• def get: A
  This method is utilized to return an Option’s value.
  Example:

  // Scala program of using
  // get method
  
  // Creating object
  object GFG
  {
  
      // Main method
      def main(args: Array[String])
      {
  
          // Using Some class
          val some:Option[Int] = Some(20)
  
          // Applying get method
          val x = some.get
  
          // Displays the value
          println(x)
      }
  }
  Output:
  
  

  20
  

  Here, get method cannot be applied to the None class as it will show an exception.

• def productArity: Int
  This method is utilized to return the size of the Option’s value.
  Example:

  // Scala program of returning
  // the size of the value
  
  // Creating object
  object GFG
  {
  
      // Main method
      def main(args: Array[String])
      {
  
          // Using Some class
          val some:Option[Int] = Some(20)
  
          // Applying productArity
          // method
          val x = some.productArity
  
          // Displays the size of
          // the Option's value
          println(x)
      }
  }
  Output:

  1
  

• def productElement(n: Int): Any
  This method is utilized to return the n-th element of the stated product and here indexing starts from zero.
  Example:

  // Scala program of returning
  // the n-th element of the
  // product
  
  // Creating object
  object GFG
  {
  
      // Main method
      def main(args: Array[String])
      {
  
          // Using Some class
          val some:Option[Int] = Some(20)
  
          // Applying productElement
          // method
          val x = some.productElement(0)
  
          // Displays the element
          println(x)
      }
  }
  Output:
  
  

  20
  

  Here, None will show an exception.

• def exists(p: (A) => Boolean): Boolean
  When the value of the Option satisfies the stated condition then, this method returns true else returns false.
  Example:

  // Scala program of the method
  // 'exists'
  
  // Creating object
  object GFG
  {
  
      // Main method
      def main(args: Array[String])
      {
  
          // Using Some class
          val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)
  
          // Applying exists method
          val x = some.exists(y => {y % 3 == 0})
  
          // Displays true if the condition
          // given is satisfied else false
          println(x)
      }
  }
  Output:

  true
  

  Here, the condition stated is satisfied so, true is returned.

• def filter(p: (A) => Boolean): Option[A]
  This method is utilized to return the value of the Option if the stated condition is satisfied.
  Example:

  // Scala program of the method
  // 'filter'
  
  // Creating object
  object GFG
  {
  
      // Main method
      def main(args: Array[String])
      {
  
          // Using Some class
          val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)
  
          // Applying filter method
          val x = some.filter(y => {y % 3 == 0})
  
          // Displays the value of the
          // option if the predicate
          // is satisfied
          println(x)
      }
  }
  Output:

  Some(30)
  

  Here, the condition is satisfied so, the Option value is returned and returns None if the predicate is not satisfied.

• def filterNot(p: (A) => Boolean): Option[A]
  This method will return the Option value if the stated condition is not satisfied.
  Example:

  // Scala program of the method
  // 'filterNot'
  
  // Creating object
  object GFG
  {
  
      // Main method
      def main(args: Array[String])
      {
  
          // Using Some class
          val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)
  
          // Applying filterNot method
          val x = some.filterNot(y => {y % 3 != 0})
  
          // Displays the value of the
          // option if the predicate
          // is not satisfied
          println(x)
      }
  }
  Output:

  Some(30)
  

  Here, the condition is not satisfied so, the Option value is returned and returns None if the predicate is satisfied.

• def isDefined: Boolean
  This method returns true if the Option is an instance of Some and returns false if the Option is an instance of None.
  Example:

  // Scala program of the method
  // 'isDefined'
  
  // Creating object
  object GFG
  {
  
      // Main method
      def main(args: Array[String])
      {
  
          // Using Some class
          val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)
  
          // using None class
          val none:Option[Int] = None
  
          // Applying isDefined method
          val x = some.isDefined
          val y = none.isDefined
  
          // Displays true for Some
          // and false for None
          println(x)
          println(y)
      }
  }
  Output:

  true
  false
  

• def iterator: Iterator[A]
  This method returns an iterator on the Option given.
  Example:

  // Scala program of the method
  // 'iterator'
  
  // Creating object
  object GFG
  {
  
      // Main method
      def main(args: Array[String])
      {
  
          // Using Some class
          val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)
  
          // Applying iterator method
          val x = some.iterator
  
          // Displays an iterator
          println(x)
      }
  }
  Output:

  non-empty iterator
  

• def map[B](f: (A) => B): Option[B]
  This method will return the value of the function stated in the Map, if the Option has a value.
  Example:

  // Scala program of the method
  // 'map'
  
  // Creating object
  object GFG
  {
  
      // Main method
      def main(args: Array[String])
      {
  
          // Using Some class
          val some:Option[Int] = Some(30)
  
          // Applying Map method
          val x = some.map(y => {y + y})
  
          // Displays the value returned
          // by the function in map
          println(x)
      }
  }
  Output:

  Some(60)
  

  These were the methods to call on an Option and there are more such methods.

• def orElse[B >: A](alternative: => Option[B]): Option[B]
  If the Option contain a value, this returns it. Otherwise, this method evaluates the alternative and returns alternative.
  
• def orNull
  This method will return Null, if the Option didn’t contain a value.