From 340fe440c9aed4d858fd0fedd4f388ed309c73fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: manusant <ney.br.santos@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2024 17:45:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] add raw function as a get alternative

---
 package.json    | 2 +-
 src/optional.ts | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8a8c519..2358b96 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "katxupa",
-  "version": "1.9.5",
+  "version": "1.9.6",
   "description": "Delicious Dish for Typescript and JavaScript projects",
   "author": "Manuel Santos <ney.br.santos@gmail.com>",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/optional.ts b/src/optional.ts
index a68ec80..3b4868a 100644
--- a/src/optional.ts
+++ b/src/optional.ts
@@ -239,6 +239,15 @@ export class Optional<T> {
         return this.value!;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The get method  is used to retrieve the value inside the Optional object.
+     *
+     * @return The value inside the Optional object.
+     * */
+    raw(): T | undefined | null {
+        return this.value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * The orElse method  is used to retrieve the value inside the Optional object if it is present,
      * or return a default value if the Optional object is empty.