Tags: solf/extra2

Added option to BaseOptions.getDirectory(..) to avoid creating direct…

…ory if it doesn't already exist.

Added ExternalAppSoundAppender for logback

Removed *Ext collections that used reflection as it was causing probl…

…ems with JDK17 (at least on github ubuntu runners). There are now B* collections anyway that do the same more reliably.

extra2 updated for compatibility with Eclipse 2023_09_R (resolved man…

…y new warnings).

Changed RetryAndRateLimitService: if it is interrupted during the shu…

…tdown process it will still try to terminate all the child threads (via finally block)

ElseFunction.orElse(..) argument renamed to 'ev' for hopefully better…

… clarity.

ValueOrProblem extended to support ifValue..orElse paradigm and gener…

…al ifValue/ifProblem methods

Added RunnableWithExceptionType and a bunch of other *WithExceptionTy…

…pe functional interfaces that allow throwing a specific exception in their method (can be checked or unchecked). The idea is to allow for a better exception-control when executing code blocks, so that stuff isn't declared as 'throws Exception'

ValueOrProblem -- added *OrNull() methods & added tests

Improved ValueOrProblem -- properly declared factory methods as @nonnull

 and added helper static method getValueOrThrowProblem