Add JsonNode.optional(String name) and optional(int index) methods

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/JsonNode.java

@@ -208,6 +208,53 @@ public boolean isObject() {
      */
     @Override
     public JsonNode get(String fieldName) { return null; }
+
+    /**
+     * Method for accessing value of the specified element of
+     * an array node, wrapped in an {@link Optional}. For other nodes,
+     * an empty Optional is always returned.
+     *<p>
+     * For array nodes, index specifies
+     * exact location within array and allows for efficient iteration
+     * over child elements (underlying storage is guaranteed to
+     * be efficiently indexable, i.e. has random-access to elements).
+     * If index is less than 0, or equal-or-greater than
+     * <code>node.size()</code>, an empty Optional is returned; no exception is
+     * thrown for any index.
+     *<p>
+     * NOTE: if the element value has been explicitly set as <code>null</code>
+     * (which is different from removal!),
+     * a {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.NullNode} will be returned
+     * wrapped in an Optional, not an empty Optional.
+     *
+     * @return Optional containing the node that represents the value of the specified element,
+     *   if this node is an array and has the specified element and otherwise, an
+     *   empty Optional, never null.
+     *
+     * @since 2.19
+     */
+    public Optional<JsonNode> optional(int index) { return Optional.empty(); }
+
+    /**
+     * Method for accessing value of the specified field of
+     * an object node. If this node is not an object (or it
+     * does not have a value for specified field name), or
+     * if there is no field with such name, empty {@link Optional}
+     * is returned.
+     *<p>
+     * NOTE: if the property value has been explicitly set as <code>null</code>
+     * (which is different from removal!), an Optional containing
+     * {@link com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.NullNode} will be returned,
+     * not null.
+     *
+     * @return Optional that may contain value of the specified field,
+     *  if this node is an object and has value for the specified
+     *  field. Empty Optional otherwise never null.
+     *
+     * @since 2.19
+     */
+    public Optional<JsonNode> optional(String propertyName) { return Optional.empty(); }
+
     /**
      * This method is similar to {@link #get(String)}, except
      * that instead of returning null if no such value exists (due

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ArrayNode.java

@@ -269,6 +269,14 @@ public JsonNode get(int index) {
     @Override
     public JsonNode get(String fieldName) { return null; }
 
+    /**
+     * @since 2.19
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Optional<JsonNode> optional(int index) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(get(index));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public JsonNode path(String fieldName) { return MissingNode.getInstance(); }
 

src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ObjectNode.java

@@ -283,9 +283,12 @@ public JsonNode get(String propertyName) {
         return _children.get(propertyName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @since 2.19
+     */
     @Override
-    public Iterator<String> fieldNames() {
-        return _children.keySet().iterator();
+    public Optional<JsonNode> optional(String propertyName) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(get(propertyName));
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -312,6 +315,11 @@ public JsonNode required(String propertyName) {
         return _reportRequiredViolation("No value for property '%s' of `ObjectNode`", propertyName);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Iterator<String> fieldNames() {
+        return _children.keySet().iterator();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Method to use for accessing all properties (with both names
      * and values) of this JSON Object.

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ArrayNodeTest.java

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public void testDirectCreation() throws Exception
         assertFalse(n.fieldNames().hasNext());
         assertNull(n.get("x")); // not used with arrays
         assertTrue(n.path("x").isMissingNode());
+        assertFalse(n.optional("x").isPresent());
         assertSame(text, n.get(0));
 
         // single element, so:
@@ -439,12 +440,16 @@ public void testSimpleArray() throws Exception
         // plus see that we can access stuff
         assertEquals(NullNode.instance, result.path(0));
         assertEquals(NullNode.instance, result.get(0));
+        assertEquals(NullNode.instance, result.optional(0).get());
         assertEquals(BooleanNode.FALSE, result.path(1));
         assertEquals(BooleanNode.FALSE, result.get(1));
+        assertEquals(BooleanNode.FALSE, result.optional(1).get());
         assertEquals(2, result.size());
 
         assertNull(result.get(-1));
         assertNull(result.get(2));
+        assertFalse(result.optional(-1).isPresent());
+        assertFalse(result.optional(2).isPresent());
         JsonNode missing = result.path(2);
         assertTrue(missing.isMissingNode());
         assertTrue(result.path(-100).isMissingNode());

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/JsonNodeBasicTest.java

@@ -217,6 +217,73 @@ public void testArrayWithDefaultTyping() throws Exception
         assertEquals(2, obj.path("a").asInt());
     }
 
+    // [databind#2145]
+    @Test
+    public void testOptionalAccessorOnArray() throws Exception {
+        ArrayNode arrayNode = MAPPER.createArrayNode();
+        arrayNode.add("firstElement");
+        assertTrue(arrayNode.optional(0).isPresent());
+        assertEquals("firstElement", arrayNode.optional(0).get().asText());
+        assertFalse(arrayNode.optional(1).isPresent());
+        assertFalse(arrayNode.optional(-1).isPresent());
+        assertFalse(arrayNode.optional(999).isPresent());
+        assertFalse(arrayNode.optional("anyField").isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOptionalAccessorOnObject() throws Exception {
+        ObjectNode objectNode = MAPPER.createObjectNode();
+        objectNode.put("existingField", "value");
+        assertTrue(objectNode.optional("existingField").isPresent());
+        assertEquals("value", objectNode.optional("existingField").get().asText());
+        assertFalse(objectNode.optional("missingField").isPresent());
+        assertFalse(objectNode.optional(0).isPresent());
+        assertFalse(objectNode.optional(-1).isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOptionalAccessorOnNumbers() throws Exception
+    {
+        // Test IntNode
+        IntNode intNode = IntNode.valueOf(42);
+        assertFalse(intNode.optional("anyField").isPresent());
+        assertFalse(intNode.optional(0).isPresent());
+
+        // Test LongNode
+        LongNode longNode = LongNode.valueOf(123456789L);
+        assertFalse(longNode.optional("anyField").isPresent());
+        assertFalse(longNode.optional(0).isPresent());
+
+        // Test DoubleNode
+        DoubleNode doubleNode = DoubleNode.valueOf(3.14);
+        assertFalse(doubleNode.optional("anyField").isPresent());
+        assertFalse(doubleNode.optional(0).isPresent());
+
+        // Test DecimalNode
+        DecimalNode decimalNode = DecimalNode.valueOf(new java.math.BigDecimal("12345.6789"));
+        assertFalse(decimalNode.optional("anyField").isPresent());
+        assertFalse(decimalNode.optional(0).isPresent());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOptionalAccessorOnOtherTypes() throws Exception
+    {
+        // Test TextNode
+        TextNode textNode = TextNode.valueOf("sampleText");
+        assertFalse(textNode.optional("anyField").isPresent());
+        assertFalse(textNode.optional(0).isPresent());
+
+        // Test NullNode
+        NullNode nullNode = NullNode.getInstance();
+        assertFalse(nullNode.optional("anyField").isPresent());
+        assertFalse(nullNode.optional(0).isPresent());
+
+        // Test BooleanNode
+        BooleanNode booleanNode = BooleanNode.TRUE;
+        assertFalse(booleanNode.optional("anyField").isPresent());
+        assertFalse(booleanNode.optional(0).isPresent());
+    }
+
     // [databind#4867]
     @Test
     public void testAsOptional() {

src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/ObjectNodeTest.java

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ public void testBasics()
         assertTrue(n.properties().isEmpty());
         assertFalse(n.fieldNames().hasNext());
         assertNull(n.get("a"));
+        assertFalse(n.optional("a").isPresent());
         assertTrue(n.path("a").isMissingNode());
 
         TextNode text = TextNode.valueOf("x");
@@ -249,6 +250,7 @@ public void testNullChecking()
         JsonNode n = o1.get("x");
         assertNotNull(n);
         assertSame(n, NullNode.instance);
+        assertEquals(NullNode.instance, o1.optional("x").get());
 
         o1.put("str", (String) null);
         n = o1.get("str");