The Three options with Optional

There are basically three ways to deal with an optional, when receiving one.

1. throw an exception if the optional is empty, because it's a faulty situation. (.orElseThrow)
2. do not do anything, but proceed with the next step. (.ifPresent(dosomething))
3. provide a default value. (.orElse(default))

I'm writing it down here, because each of these three cases is highly dependent on context.

And I've noticed in my work that I have a tendency to take option 2, even though it might be considered an error.