The Try
type represents a computation that may fail during evaluation by raising an exception. It holds either a successfully computed value or the exception that was thrown. This is similar to the scala.util.Either type, but with different semantics.
Instances of Try[T]
are an instance of either scala.util.Success[T] or scala.util.Failure[T].
For example, consider a computation that performs division on user-defined input. Try
can reduce or eliminate the need for explicit exception handling in all of the places where an exception might be thrown.
Example:
import scala.io.StdIn
import scala.util.{Try, Success, Failure}
def divide: Try[Int] = {
val dividend = Try(StdIn.readLine("Enter an Int that you'd like to divide:\n").toInt)
val divisor = Try(StdIn.readLine("Enter an Int that you'd like to divide by:\n").toInt)
val problem = dividend.flatMap(x => divisor.map(y => x/y))
problem match {
case Success(v) =>
println("Result of " + dividend.get + "/"+ divisor.get +" is: " + v)
Success(v)
case Failure(e) =>
println("You must've divided by zero or entered something that's not an Int. Try again!")
println("Info from the exception: " + e.getMessage)
divide
}
}
An important property of Try
shown in the above example is its ability to pipeline, or chain, operations, catching exceptions along the way. The flatMap
and map
combinators in the above example each essentially pass off either their successfully completed value, wrapped in the Success
type for it to be further operated upon by the next combinator in the chain, or the exception wrapped in the Failure
type usually to be simply passed on down the chain. Combinators such as recover
and recoverWith
are designed to provide some type of default behavior in the case of failure.
Note: only non-fatal exceptions are caught by the combinators on Try
(see scala.util.control.NonFatal). Serious system errors, on the other hand, will be thrown.
Note:: all Try combinators will catch exceptions and return failure unless otherwise specified in the documentation.
Attributes
Members list
Type members
Classlikes
We need a whole WithFilter class to honor the "doesn't create a new collection" contract even though it seems unlikely to matter much in a collection with max size 1.
Value members
Abstract methods
Applies the given partial function to the value from this Success
or returns this if this is a Failure
.
Applies the given partial function to the value from this Success
or returns this if this is a Failure
.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Inverts this Try
.
Inverts this Try
. If this is a Failure
, returns its exception wrapped in a Success
. If this is a Success
, returns a Failure
containing an UnsupportedOperationException
.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Converts this to a Failure
if the predicate is not satisfied.
Returns the given function applied to the value from this Success
or returns this if this is a Failure
.
Returns the given function applied to the value from this Success
or returns this if this is a Failure
.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Transforms a nested Try
, ie, a Try
of type Try[Try[T]]
, into an un-nested Try
, ie, a Try
of type Try[T]
.
Transforms a nested Try
, ie, a Try
of type Try[Try[T]]
, into an un-nested Try
, ie, a Try
of type Try[T]
.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Applies fa
if this is a Failure
or fb
if this is a Success
.
Applies fa
if this is a Failure
or fb
if this is a Success
. If fb
is initially applied and throws an exception, then fa
is applied with this exception.
Value parameters
- fa
-
the function to apply if this is a
Failure
- fb
-
the function to apply if this is a
Success
Attributes
- Returns
-
the results of applying the function
- Example
-
val result: Try[Int] = Try { string.toInt } log(result.fold( ex => "Operation failed with " + ex, v => "Operation produced value: " + v ))
- Source
- Try.scala
Applies the given function f
if this is a Success
, otherwise returns Unit
if this is a Failure
.
Applies the given function f
if this is a Success
, otherwise returns Unit
if this is a Failure
.
Note: If f
throws, then this method may throw an exception.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Returns the value from this Success
or throws the exception if this is a Failure
.
Returns the value from this Success
or throws the exception if this is a Failure
.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Returns the value from this Success
or the given default
argument if this is a Failure
.
Returns the value from this Success
or the given default
argument if this is a Failure
.
Note:: This will throw an exception if it is not a success and default throws an exception.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Returns true
if the Try
is a Failure
, false
otherwise.
Returns true
if the Try
is a Success
, false
otherwise.
Maps the given function to the value from this Success
or returns this if this is a Failure
.
Maps the given function to the value from this Success
or returns this if this is a Failure
.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Returns this Try
if it's a Success
or the given default
argument if this is a Failure
.
Returns this Try
if it's a Success
or the given default
argument if this is a Failure
.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Applies the given function f
if this is a Failure
, otherwise returns this if this is a Success
.
Applies the given function f
if this is a Failure
, otherwise returns this if this is a Success
. This is like map for the exception.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Applies the given function f
if this is a Failure
, otherwise returns this if this is a Success
.
Applies the given function f
if this is a Failure
, otherwise returns this if this is a Success
. This is like flatMap
for the exception.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Returns Left
with Throwable
if this is a Failure
, otherwise returns Right
with Success
value.
Returns Left
with Throwable
if this is a Failure
, otherwise returns Right
with Success
value.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Returns None
if this is a Failure
or a Some
containing the value if this is a Success
.
Returns None
if this is a Failure
or a Some
containing the value if this is a Success
.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Completes this Try
by applying the function f
to this if this is of type Failure
, or conversely, by applying s
if this is a Success
.
Completes this Try
by applying the function f
to this if this is of type Failure
, or conversely, by applying s
if this is a Success
.
Attributes
- Source
- Try.scala
Concrete methods
Creates a non-strict filter, which eventually converts this to a Failure
if the predicate is not satisfied.
Creates a non-strict filter, which eventually converts this to a Failure
if the predicate is not satisfied.
Note: unlike filter, withFilter does not create a new Try. Instead, it restricts the domain of subsequent map
, flatMap
, foreach
, and withFilter
operations.
As Try is a one-element collection, this may be a bit overkill, but it's consistent with withFilter on Option and the other collections.
Value parameters
- p
-
the predicate used to test elements.
Attributes
- Returns
-
an object of class
WithFilter
, which supportsmap
,flatMap
,foreach
, andwithFilter
operations. All these operations apply to those elements of this Try which satisfy the predicatep
. - Source
- Try.scala
Inherited methods
The name of the nth element of this product, 0-based.
The name of the nth element of this product, 0-based. In the default implementation, an empty string.
Value parameters
- n
-
the index of the element name to return
Attributes
- Returns
-
the name of the specified element
- Throws
-
IndexOutOfBoundsException if the
n
is out of range(n < 0 || n >= productArity). - Inherited from:
- Product
- Source
- Product.scala
An iterator over the names of all the elements of this product.
An iterator over the names of all the elements of this product.
Attributes
- Inherited from:
- Product
- Source
- Product.scala
An iterator over all the elements of this product.
An iterator over all the elements of this product.
Attributes
- Returns
-
in the default implementation, an
Iterator[Any]
- Inherited from:
- Product
- Source
- Product.scala
A string used in the toString
methods of derived classes.
A string used in the toString
methods of derived classes. Implementations may override this method to prepend a string prefix to the result of toString
methods.
Attributes
- Returns
-
in the default implementation, the empty string
- Inherited from:
- Product
- Source
- Product.scala
Inherited and Abstract methods
Checks whether this instance can possibly equal that
.
Checks whether this instance can possibly equal that
.
A method that should be called from every well-designed equals method that is open to be overridden in a subclass. See Programming in Scala, Chapter 28 for discussion and design.
Value parameters
- that
-
the value being probed for possible equality
Attributes
- Returns
-
true if this instance can possibly equal
that
, otherwise false - Inherited from:
- Equals
- Source
- Equals.scala
The size of this product.
The size of this product.
Attributes
- Returns
-
for a product
A(x1, ..., xk)
, returnsk
- Inherited from:
- Product
- Source
- Product.scala
The nth element of this product, 0-based.
The nth element of this product, 0-based. In other words, for a product A(x1, ..., xk)
, returns x(n+1)
where 0 <= n < k
.
Value parameters
- n
-
the index of the element to return
Attributes
- Returns
-
the element
n
elements after the first element - Throws
-
IndexOutOfBoundsException if the
n
is out of range(n < 0 || n >= productArity). - Inherited from:
- Product
- Source
- Product.scala