title: How to use scala.None from Java code
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9059511/accessing-scala-none-from-java">Accessing scala.None from Java</a>  </p>
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  <p>In Java you can create an instance of <code>Some</code> using the constructor, i.e. <code>new Some(value)</code>, but <code>None</code> has no partner class.  How do you pass <code>None</code> to a Scala function from Java?</p>