reference variable used in ternary conditional? (ex: var?this:null)

Question

Is there a way to reference the first part of a ?: statement in groovy?

For example, is there any way to shorten

def time = map.get('time') ? map.get('time').get('milliseconds') : null

to something like

def time = map.get('time') ? it.get('milliseconds') : null

, where "it" references the first part of the command?

Answer 1

It sounds like you just want to use the safe navigation operator:

def time = map.get('time')?.get('milliseconds')

If map.get('time') returns a null reference, the result of the overall expression will be null, and get('milliseconds') won't be called.