From 2bfc54b94afd173eeb86ec9ec2243b43d8c7bdf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Wood <brad@bradwood.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:29:01 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] BL-967

---
 src/main/java/ortus/boxlang/runtime/dynamic/Attempt.java | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/ortus/boxlang/runtime/dynamic/Attempt.java b/src/main/java/ortus/boxlang/runtime/dynamic/Attempt.java
index f326f9715..c8c9fe0d8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ortus/boxlang/runtime/dynamic/Attempt.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ortus/boxlang/runtime/dynamic/Attempt.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package ortus.boxlang.runtime.dynamic;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
@@ -786,4 +787,11 @@ public Attempt<T> setSimpleEval( Boolean eval ) {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Convert this attempt to a standard Java Optional
+	 */
+	public Optional<T> toOptional() {
+		return Optional.ofNullable( this.value );
+	}
+
 }