Working with empty object in template, how to avoid NullPointerException?

Question

In Play 1.2, I use to do something like ${myobj?.item?.subitem}.

I tried this in Play 2.0, but without any luck. Is there an possible alternative?

Answer 1

Edit: sorry I think I have not translated this faithfully, and it's uglier. myobj.item could also be null so you'd have to wrap it in Option(_):

@Option(myobj).flatMap(i => Option(i.item)).flatMap(s => Option(s.subitem)).getOrElse("empty")

or

@((for {o <- Option(myobj)
        item <- Option(o.item)
        subitem <- Option(item.subitem)
   }).getOrElse("empty"))

Note sure if playframework has some additional sugar for such a common case.