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+package com.yahoo.lang;
+
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+
+/**
+ * An optional which contains a settable value
+ *
+ * @author bratseth
+ */
+public final class SettableOptional<T> {
+
+    private T value = null;
+
+    /** Creates a new empty settable optional */
+    public SettableOptional() {}
+
+    /** Creates a new settable optional with the given value */
+    public SettableOptional(T value) { this.value = value; }
+
+    public boolean isPresent() {
+        return value != null;
+    }
+
+    public T get() {
+        if (value == null)
+            throw new NoSuchElementException("No value present");
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    public void set(T value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+}
+