Source:How to use Jackson to deserialise an array of objects
public interface ThrowableFunction<A, B> {
B apply(A a) throws Exception;
}
public abstract class Try<A> {
public static boolean isSuccess(Try tryy) {
return tryy instanceof Success;
}
public static <A, B> Function<A, Try<B>> tryOf(ThrowableFunction<A, B> function) {
return a -> {
try {
B result = function.apply(a);
return new Success<B>(result);
} catch (Exception e) {
return new Failure<>(e);
}
};
}
public abstract boolean isSuccess();
public boolean isError() {
return !isSuccess();
}
public abstract A getResult();
public abstract Exception getError();
}
public class Success<A> extends Try<A> {
private final A result;
public Success(A result) {
this.result = result;
}
@Override
public boolean isSuccess() {
return true;
}
@Override
public A getResult() {
return result;
}
@Override
public Exception getError() {
return new UnsupportedOperationException();
}
@Override
public boolean equals(Object that) {
if(!(that instanceof Success)) {
return false;
}
return Objects.equal(result, ((Success) that).getResult());
}
}
public class Failure<A> extends Try<A> {
private final Exception exception;
public Failure(Exception exception) {
this.exception = exception;
}
@Override
public boolean isSuccess() {
return false;
}
@Override
public A getResult() {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
}
@Override
public Exception getError() {
return exception;
}
}
