so can call it like:

fun getFoo(): Foo? {
// lookup logic for foo
  return foo?. someName { nullFunc = { <http://log.info|log.info>{"didn't find it"} }, nonNullFunc = { <http://log.info|log.info>{"Found $this"}} }
}

seems like that would make things more complicated than not having it.

fun getFoo(): Foo? = foo.also { theFoo ->
  <http://log.info|log.info>(theFoo?.let { "Found $it" } ?: "didn't find it")
}

that’s where i started 🙂 and then was curious if perhaps there was a slightly more general solution (execute A if foo null, else B, then return foo). realize that

also

with

?:

can accomplish that.

alternatively a simple

if

can also be used within the initial

.also

fun getFoo(): Foo? = lookupFoo().also {
    if (foo != null) <http://log.info|log.info>("found $it!")
    else <http://log.info|log.info>("didn't find it")
}