Why not replace the tenary operator at the end with the method call in the or else block? return Optional.ofNullable(nullableVariable) .map(v::some

Why not replace the tenary operator at the end with the method call in the or else block? return Optional.ofNullable(nullableVariable) .map(v::someMethodCall) .orElse(fallbackIfNullMethodCall); That also looks much easier to understand, at least to me.