Question: I have a method that should convert a list to an `Option` of an object, or `None` if the list is empty.

```
def listToOption(myList: List[Foo]): Option[Bar] = {
  if(myList.nonEmpty) Some(Bar(myList))
  else None
}

case class Bar(fooList: List[Foo]) {}

```

For some reason, my solution feels rather inelegant, and not the Scala way. It seems I should be able to use a method on `List` to do this sort of thing, but I can't wrap my head around it.

Is there a more Scala-like way to do this?

Answer: 
Lee's answer is good, but I think this corresponds to the intention a bit more clearly:

```
Option(myList).filter(_.nonEmpty).map(Bar)

```
How about:

```
Some(myList) collect { case(l@hd::tl) => Bar(l) }

```

Seems pretty scala-esque to me.