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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021 PANTHEON.tech, s.r.o. and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ */
+package org.opendaylight.yangtools.yang.model.api.stmt;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNull;
+
+/**
+ * Simple helper methods used in default implementations.
+ */
+final class DefaultMethodHelpers {
+ private DefaultMethodHelpers() {
+ // Hidden on purpose
+ }
+
+ static <E> @NonNull Optional<E> filterOptional(final @NonNull Class<E> type, final @NonNull Optional<?> optional) {
+ return optional.filter(type::isInstance).map(type::cast);
+ }
+}