From 8a92a6cc525f0d4d11518bbcc2c328ff07b465a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20Schw=C3=B6rer?= <pubgit@mikescher.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 13:13:12 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] v0.0.542

---
 dataext/optional.go | 8 ++++++++
 goextVersion.go     | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dataext/optional.go b/dataext/optional.go
index 1f33ab4..b0af247 100644
--- a/dataext/optional.go
+++ b/dataext/optional.go
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ type JsonOpt[T any] struct {
 	value T
 }
 
+func NewJsonOpt[T any](v T) JsonOpt[T] {
+	return JsonOpt[T]{isSet: true, value: v}
+}
+
+func EmptyJsonOpt[T any]() JsonOpt[T] {
+	return JsonOpt[T]{isSet: false}
+}
+
 // MarshalJSON returns m as the JSON encoding of m.
 func (m JsonOpt[T]) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	if !m.isSet {
diff --git a/goextVersion.go b/goextVersion.go
index ddee908..e9acaa5 100644
--- a/goextVersion.go
+++ b/goextVersion.go
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 package goext
 
-const GoextVersion = "0.0.541"
+const GoextVersion = "0.0.542"
 
-const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-11-05T14:38:42+0100"
+const GoextVersionTimestamp = "2024-11-07T13:13:12+0100"