discontinued odd workaround for scala-2.9.2, which is hopefully obsolete in scala-2.10.x;
/* Title: Pure/General/exn.scala
Module: PIDE
Author: Makarius
Support for exceptions (arbitrary throwables).
*/
package isabelle
object Exn
{
/* exceptions as values */
sealed abstract class Result[A]
case class Res[A](res: A) extends Result[A]
case class Exn[A](exn: Throwable) extends Result[A]
def capture[A](e: => A): Result[A] =
try { Res(e) }
catch { case exn: Throwable => Exn[A](exn) }
def release[A](result: Result[A]): A =
result match {
case Res(x) => x
case Exn(exn) => throw exn
}
/* message */
private val runtime_exception = Class.forName("java.lang.RuntimeException")
def user_message(exn: Throwable): Option[String] =
if (exn.isInstanceOf[java.io.IOException]) {
val msg = exn.getMessage
Some(if (msg == null) "I/O error" else "I/O error: " + msg)
}
else if (exn.getClass == runtime_exception) {
val msg = exn.getMessage
Some(if (msg == null) "Error" else msg)
}
else if (exn.isInstanceOf[RuntimeException]) Some(exn.toString)
else None
def message(exn: Throwable): String =
user_message(exn) getOrElse
(if (exn.isInstanceOf[InterruptedException]) "Interrupt"
else exn.toString)
}