Introduce OptionalEmpty Refaster rule

error-prone-contrib/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/OptionalRules.java

@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@
 final class OptionalRules {
   private OptionalRules() {}
 
+  /** Prefer {@link Optional#empty()} over the more contrived alternative. */
+  static final class OptionalEmpty<T> {
+    @BeforeTemplate
+    Optional<T> before() {
+      return Optional.ofNullable(null);
+    }
+
+    @AfterTemplate
+    Optional<T> after() {
+      return Optional.empty();
+    }
+  }
+
   static final class OptionalOfNullable<T> {
     // XXX: Refaster should be smart enough to also rewrite occurrences in which there are
     // parentheses around the null check, but that's currently not the case. Try to fix that.

error-prone-contrib/src/test/resources/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/OptionalRulesTestInput.java

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ public ImmutableSet<Object> elidedTypesAndStaticImports() {
     return ImmutableSet.of(Streams.class);
   }
 
+  Optional<String> testOptionalEmpty() {
+    return Optional.ofNullable(null);
+  }
+
   ImmutableSet<Optional<String>> testOptionalOfNullable() {
     return ImmutableSet.of(
         toString() == null ? Optional.empty() : Optional.of(toString()),

error-prone-contrib/src/test/resources/tech/picnic/errorprone/refasterrules/OptionalRulesTestOutput.java

@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ public ImmutableSet<Object> elidedTypesAndStaticImports() {
     return ImmutableSet.of(Streams.class);
   }
 
+  Optional<String> testOptionalEmpty() {
+    return Optional.empty();
+  }
+
   ImmutableSet<Optional<String>> testOptionalOfNullable() {
     return ImmutableSet.of(Optional.ofNullable(toString()), Optional.ofNullable(toString()));
   }