diff --git a/src/main/java/xyz/zhouxy/plusone/commons/util/OptionalUtil.java b/src/main/java/xyz/zhouxy/plusone/commons/util/OptionalUtil.java
index ce27d79..05808a7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/xyz/zhouxy/plusone/commons/util/OptionalUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/xyz/zhouxy/plusone/commons/util/OptionalUtil.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import java.util.OptionalLong;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;
+
 /**
  * OptionalUtil
  *
@@ -119,6 +121,19 @@ public class OptionalUtil {
         return optionalOf(objectOptional.orElse(null));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * return the value of the optional object if present,
+     * otherwise {@code null}.
+     * 
+     * @param <T>         the class of the value
+     * @param optionalObj {@link Optional} object, which must be non-null.
+     * @return the value of the optional object if present, otherwise {@code null}.
+     */
+    @Beta
+    public static <T> T orElseNull(Optional<T> optionalObj) {
+        return optionalObj.orElse(null);
+    }
+
     private OptionalUtil() {
         throw new IllegalStateException("Utility class");
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/xyz/zhouxy/plusone/commons/util/SimpleJdbcTemplateTests.java b/src/test/java/xyz/zhouxy/plusone/commons/util/SimpleJdbcTemplateTests.java
index ea24484..ec55599 100644
--- a/src/test/java/xyz/zhouxy/plusone/commons/util/SimpleJdbcTemplateTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/xyz/zhouxy/plusone/commons/util/SimpleJdbcTemplateTests.java
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ class SimpleJdbcTemplateTests {
         final String sql = "INSERT INTO test_table(id, created_by, create_time, updated_by, update_time, status) VALUES(?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)";
         final List<Object[]> params = recordList.stream()
                 .map(r -> new Object[] {
-                        r.getValueAsString("id").orElse(null),
-                        r.getValueAsString("created_by").orElse(null),
-                        r.getValueAsString("create_time").orElse(null),
-                        r.getValueAsString("updated_by").orElse(null),
-                        r.getValueAsString("update_time").orElse(null),
-                        r.getValueAsString("status").orElse(null)
+                        OptionalUtil.orElseNull(r.getValueAsString("id")),
+                        OptionalUtil.orElseNull(r.getValueAsString("created_by")),
+                        OptionalUtil.orElseNull(r.getValueAsString("create_time")),
+                        OptionalUtil.orElseNull(r.getValueAsString("updated_by")),
+                        OptionalUtil.orElseNull(r.getValueAsString("update_time")),
+                        OptionalUtil.orElseNull(r.getValueAsString("status"))
                 })
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
         try (Connection conn = this.dataSource.getConnection()) {