Scala Language Error Handling Convert Exceptions into Either or Option Types
Example
To convert exceptions into Either or Option types, you can use methods that provided in scala.util.control.Exception
import scala.util.control.Exception._
val plain = "71a"
val optionInt: Option[Int] = catching(classOf[java.lang.NumberFormatException]) opt { plain.toInt }
val eitherInt = Either[Throwable, Int] = catching(classOf[java.lang.NumberFormatException]) either { plain.toInt }
