How to return String from Optional<String>?

Question

I have the following function.

public String getSomething(){
   TextInputDialog dialog = new TextInputDialog();
   dialog.setHeaderText("X");
   dialog.setTitle("Y");
   Optional<String> result = dialog.showAndWait();
   return result;
}

Obviously, the returned value is not of String type. How could I return a String when result's type is Optional<String>?

Answer 1

Try doing result.get() should return a string.