Try monad in Java 8

Question

Is there a built-in support for monad that deals with exception handling? Something similar to Scala\'s Try. I am asking because I don\'t like unchecked exceptions.

Answer 1

Here there is an implementation that could be used as a model. Further information can be found here:

Java with Try, Failure, and Success based computations

You can basically do something like this:

public class Test {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    ITransformer < String > t0 = new ITransformer < String > () {@
      Override
      public String transform(String t) {
        //return t + t;
        throw new RuntimeException("some exception 1");
      }
    };

    ITransformer < String > t1 = new ITransformer < String > () {@
      Override
      public String transform(String t) {
        return "<" + t + ">";
        //throw new RuntimeException("some exception 2");
      }
    };

    ComputationlResult < String > res = ComputationalTry.initComputation("1").bind(t0).bind(t1).getResult();

    System.out.println(res);

    if (res.isSuccess()) {
      System.out.println(res.getResult());
    } else {
      System.out.println(res.getError());
    }
  }
}

And here is the code:

public class ComputationalTry < T > {

  final private ComputationlResult < T > result;

  static public < P > ComputationalTry < P > initComputation(P argument) {
    return new ComputationalTry < P > (argument);
  }

  private ComputationalTry(T param) {
    this.result = new ComputationalSuccess < T > (param);
  }

  private ComputationalTry(ComputationlResult < T > result) {
    this.result = result;
  }

  private ComputationlResult < T > applyTransformer(T t, ITransformer < T > transformer) {
    try {
      return new ComputationalSuccess < T > (transformer.transform(t));
    } catch (Exception throwable) {
      return new ComputationalFailure < T, Exception > (throwable);
    }
  }

  public ComputationalTry < T > bind(ITransformer < T > transformer) {
    if (result.isSuccess()) {
      ComputationlResult < T > resultAfterTransf = this.applyTransformer(result.getResult(), transformer);
      return new ComputationalTry < T > (resultAfterTransf);
    } else {
      return new ComputationalTry < T > (result);
    }
  }

  public ComputationlResult < T > getResult() {
    return this.result;
  }
}


public class ComputationalFailure < T, E extends Throwable > implements ComputationlResult < T > {

  public ComputationalFailure(E exception) {
    this.exception = exception;
  }

  final private E exception;

  @Override
  public T getResult() {
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public E getError() {
    return exception;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isSuccess() {
    return false;
  }

}


public class ComputationalSuccess < T > implements ComputationlResult < T > {

  public ComputationalSuccess(T result) {
    this.result = result;
  }

  final private T result;

  @Override
  public T getResult() {
    return result;
  }

  @Override
  public Throwable getError() {
    return null;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean isSuccess() {
    return true;
  }
}


public interface ComputationlResult < T > {

  T getResult();

  < E extends Throwable > E getError();

  boolean isSuccess();

}


public interface ITransformer < T > {

  public T transform(T t);

}


public class Test {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    ITransformer < String > t0 = new ITransformer < String > () {@
      Override
      public String transform(String t) {
        //return t + t;
        throw new RuntimeException("some exception 1");
      }
    };

    ITransformer < String > t1 = new ITransformer < String > () {@
      Override
      public String transform(String t) {
        return "<" + t + ">";
        //throw new RuntimeException("some exception 2");
      }
    };

    ComputationlResult < String > res = ComputationalTry.initComputation("1").bind(t0).bind(t1).getResult();

    System.out.println(res);

    if (res.isSuccess()) {
      System.out.println(res.getResult());
    } else {
      System.out.println(res.getError());
    }
  }
}

I hope this might shade some light.