/* __ *\ ** ________ ___ / / ___ Scala API ** ** / __/ __// _ | / / / _ | (c) 2003-2013, LAMP/EPFL ** ** __\ \/ /__/ __ |/ /__/ __ | http://scala-lang.org/ ** ** /____/\___/_/ |_/____/_/ | | ** ** |/ ** \* */ package scala.util import scala.language.implicitConversions /** Represents a value of one of two possible types (a disjoint union.) * Instances of Either are either an instance of [[scala.util.Left]] or [[scala.util.Right]]. * * A common use of Either is as an alternative to [[scala.Option]] for dealing * with possible missing values. In this usage, [[scala.None]] is replaced * with a [[scala.util.Left]] which can contain useful information. * [[scala.util.Right]] takes the place of [[scala.Some]]. Convention dictates * that Left is used for failure and Right is used for success. * * For example, you could use ``Either[String, Int]`` to detect whether a * received input is a String or an Int. * * {{{ * val in = Console.readLine("Type Either a string or an Int: ") * val result: Either[String,Int] = try { * Right(in.toInt) * } catch { * case e: Exception => * Left(in) * } * * println( result match { * case Right(x) => "You passed me the Int: " + x + ", which I will increment. " + x + " + 1 = " + (x+1) * case Left(x) => "You passed me the String: " + x * }) * }}} * * A ''projection'' can be used to selectively operate on a value of type Either, * depending on whether it is of type Left or Right. For example, to transform an * Either using a function, in the case where it's a Left, one can first apply * the `left` projection and invoke `map` on that projected Either. If a `right` * projection is applied to that Left, the original Left is returned, unmodified. * * {{{ * val l: Either[String, Int] = Left("flower") * val r: Either[String, Int] = Right(12) * l.left.map(_.size): Either[Int, Int] // Left(6) * r.left.map(_.size): Either[Int, Int] // Right(12) * l.right.map(_.toDouble): Either[String, Double] // Left("flower") * r.right.map(_.toDouble): Either[String, Double] // Right(12.0) * }}} * * Like with other types which define a `map` method, the same can be achieved * using a for-comprehension: * {{{ * for (s <- l.left) yield s.size // Left(6) * }}} * * To support multiple projections as generators in for-comprehensions, the Either * type also defines a `flatMap` method. * * @author <a href="mailto:research@workingmouse.com">Tony Morris</a>, Workingmouse * @version 1.0, 11/10/2008 * @since 2.7 */ sealed abstract class Either[+A, +B] { /** * Projects this `Either` as a `Left`. */ def left = Either.LeftProjection(this) /** * Projects this `Either` as a `Right`. */ def right = Either.RightProjection(this) /** * Applies `fa` if this is a `Left` or `fb` if this is a `Right`. * * @example {{{ * val result: Either[Exception, Value] = possiblyFailingOperation() * log(result.fold( * ex => "Operation failed with " + ex, * v => "Operation produced value: " + v * )) * }}} * * @param fa the function to apply if this is a `Left` * @param fb the function to apply if this is a `Right` * @return the results of applying the function */ def fold[X](fa: A => X, fb: B => X) = this match { case Left(a) => fa(a) case Right(b) => fb(b) } /** * If this is a `Left`, then return the left value in `Right` or vice versa. * * @example {{{ * val l: Either[String, Int] = Left("left") * val r: Either[Int, String] = l.swap // Result: Right("left") * }}} */ def swap = this match { case Left(a) => Right(a) case Right(b) => Left(b) } /** * Joins an `Either` through `Right`. * * This method requires that the right side of this Either is itself an * Either type. That is, this must be some type like: {{{ * Either[A, Either[A, C]] * }}} (which respects the type parameter bounds, shown below.) * * If this instance is a Right[Either[A, C]] then the contained Either[A, C] * will be returned, otherwise this value will be returned unmodified. * * @example {{{ * Right[String, Either[String, Int]](Right(12)).joinRight // Result: Right(12) * Right[String, Either[String, Int]](Left("flower")).joinRight // Result: Left("flower") * Left[String, Either[String, Int]]("flower").joinRight // Result: Left("flower") * }}} * * This method, and `joinLeft`, are analogous to `Option#flatten` */ def joinRight[A1 >: A, B1 >: B, C](implicit ev: B1 <:< Either[A1, C]): Either[A1, C] = this match { case Left(a) => Left(a) case Right(b) => b } /** * Joins an `Either` through `Left`. * * This method requires that the left side of this Either is itself an * Either type. That is, this must be some type like: {{{ * Either[Either[C, B], B] * }}} (which respects the type parameter bounds, shown below.) * * If this instance is a Left[Either[C, B]] then the contained Either[C, B] * will be returned, otherwise this value will be returned unmodified. * * {{{ * Left[Either[Int, String], String](Right("flower")).joinLeft // Result: Right("flower") * Left[Either[Int, String], String](Left(12)).joinLeft // Result: Left(12) * Right[Either[Int, String], String]("daisy").joinLeft // Result: Right("daisy") * }}} * * This method, and `joinRight`, are analogous to `Option#flatten` */ def joinLeft[A1 >: A, B1 >: B, C](implicit ev: A1 <:< Either[C, B1]): Either[C, B1] = this match { case Left(a) => a case Right(b) => Right(b) } /** * Returns `true` if this is a `Left`, `false` otherwise. * * {{{ * Left("tulip").isLeft // true * Right("venus fly-trap").isLeft // false * }}} */ def isLeft: Boolean /** * Returns `true` if this is a `Right`, `false` otherwise. * * {{{ * Left("tulip").isRight // false * Right("venus fly-trap").isRight // true * }}} */ def isRight: Boolean } /** * The left side of the disjoint union, as opposed to the [[scala.util.Right]] side. * * @author <a href="mailto:research@workingmouse.com">Tony Morris</a>, Workingmouse * @version 1.0, 11/10/2008 */ final case class Left[+A, +B](a: A) extends Either[A, B] { def isLeft = true def isRight = false } /** * The right side of the disjoint union, as opposed to the [[scala.util.Left]] side. * * @author <a href="mailto:research@workingmouse.com">Tony Morris</a>, Workingmouse * @version 1.0, 11/10/2008 */ final case class Right[+A, +B](b: B) extends Either[A, B] { def isLeft = false def isRight = true } object Either { /** * Allows use of a ``merge`` method to extract values from Either instances * regardless of whether they are Left or Right. * * {{{ * val l = Left(List(1)): Either[List[Int], Vector[Int]] * val r = Right(Vector(1)): Either[List[Int], Vector[Int]] * l.merge: Seq[Int] // List(1) * r.merge: Seq[Int] // Vector(1) * }}} */ implicit class MergeableEither[A](x: Either[A, A]) { def merge: A = x match { case Left(a) => a case Right(a) => a } } @deprecated("use MergeableEither instead", "2.10.0") def either2mergeable[A](x: Either[A, A]): MergeableEither[A] = new MergeableEither(x) /** * Projects an `Either` into a `Left`. * * This allows for-comprehensions over Either instances - for example {{{ * for (s <- Left("flower").left) yield s.length // Left(6) * }}} * * Continuing the analogy with [[scala.Option]], a `LeftProjection` declares * that `Left` should be analogous to `Some` in some code. * * {{{ * // using Option: * def interactWithDB(x: Query): Option[Result] = * try { * Some(getResultFromDatabase(x)) * } catch { * case ex => None * } * * // this will only be executed if interactWithDB returns a Some * val report = * for (r <- interactWithDB(someQuery)) yield generateReport(r) * if (report.isDefined) * send(report) * else * log("report not generated, not sure why...") * }}} * * {{{ * // using Either * def interactWithDB(x: Query): Either[Exception, Result] = * try { * Right(getResultFromDatabase(x)) * } catch { * case ex => Left(ex) * } * * // this will only be executed if interactWithDB returns a Right * val report = * for (r <- interactWithDB(someQuery).right) yield generateReport(r) * if (report.isRight) * send(report) * else * log("report not generated, reason was " + report.left.get) * }}} * * @author <a href="mailto:research@workingmouse.com">Tony Morris</a>, Workingmouse * @version 1.0, 11/10/2008 */ final case class LeftProjection[+A, +B](e: Either[A, B]) { /** * Returns the value from this `Left` or throws `Predef.NoSuchElementException` * if this is a `Right`. * * {{{ * Left(12).left.get // 12 * Right(12).left.get // NoSuchElementException * }}} * * @throws Predef.NoSuchElementException if the projection is [[scala.util.Right]] */ def get = e match { case Left(a) => a case Right(_) => throw new NoSuchElementException("Either.left.value on Right") } /** * Executes the given side-effecting function if this is a `Left`. * * {{{ * Left(12).left.foreach(x => println(x)) // prints "12" * Right(12).left.foreach(x => println(x)) // doesn't print * }}} * @param f The side-effecting function to execute. */ def foreach[U](f: A => U) = e match { case Left(a) => f(a) case Right(_) => {} } /** * Returns the value from this `Left` or the given argument if this is a * `Right`. * * {{{ * Left(12).left.getOrElse(17) // 12 * Right(12).left.getOrElse(17) // 17 * }}} * */ def getOrElse[AA >: A](or: => AA) = e match { case Left(a) => a case Right(_) => or } /** * Returns `true` if `Right` or returns the result of the application of * the given function to the `Left` value. * * {{{ * Left(12).left.forall(_ > 10) // true * Left(7).left.forall(_ > 10) // false * Right(12).left.forall(_ > 10) // true * }}} * */ def forall(f: A => Boolean) = e match { case Left(a) => f(a) case Right(_) => true } /** * Returns `false` if `Right` or returns the result of the application of * the given function to the `Left` value. * * {{{ * Left(12).left.exists(_ > 10) // true * Left(7).left.exists(_ > 10) // false * Right(12).left.exists(_ > 10) // false * }}} * */ def exists(f: A => Boolean) = e match { case Left(a) => f(a) case Right(_) => false } /** * Binds the given function across `Left`. * * {{{ * Left(12).left.flatMap(x => Left("scala")) // Left("scala") * Right(12).left.flatMap(x => Left("scala") // Right(12) * }}} * @param f The function to bind across `Left`. */ def flatMap[BB >: B, X](f: A => Either[X, BB]) = e match { case Left(a) => f(a) case Right(b) => Right(b) } /** * Maps the function argument through `Left`. * * {{{ * Left(12).left.map(_ + 2) // Left(14) * Right[Int, Int](12).left.map(_ + 2) // Right(12) * }}} */ def map[X](f: A => X) = e match { case Left(a) => Left(f(a)) case Right(b) => Right(b) } /** * Returns `None` if this is a `Right` or if the given predicate * `p` does not hold for the left value, otherwise, returns a `Left`. * * {{{ * Left(12).left.filter(_ > 10) // Some(Left(12)) * Left(7).left.filter(_ > 10) // None * Right(12).left.filter(_ > 10) // None * }}} */ def filter[Y](p: A => Boolean): Option[Either[A, Y]] = e match { case Left(a) => if(p(a)) Some(Left(a)) else None case Right(b) => None } /** * Returns a `Seq` containing the `Left` value if it exists or an empty * `Seq` if this is a `Right`. * * {{{ * Left(12).left.toSeq // Seq(12) * Right(12).left.toSeq // Seq() * }}} */ def toSeq = e match { case Left(a) => Seq(a) case Right(_) => Seq.empty } /** * Returns a `Some` containing the `Left` value if it exists or a * `None` if this is a `Right`. * * {{{ * Left(12).left.toOption // Some(12) * Right(12).left.toOption // None * }}} */ def toOption = e match { case Left(a) => Some(a) case Right(_) => None } } /** * Projects an `Either` into a `Right`. * * This allows for-comprehensions over Either instances - for example {{{ * for (s <- Right("flower").right) yield s.length // Right(6) * }}} * * Continuing the analogy with [[scala.Option]], a `RightProjection` declares * that `Right` should be analogous to `Some` in some code. * * Analogous to `LeftProjection`, see example usage in its documentation above. * * @author <a href="mailto:research@workingmouse.com">Tony Morris</a>, Workingmouse * @version 1.0, 11/10/2008 */ final case class RightProjection[+A, +B](e: Either[A, B]) { /** * Returns the value from this `Right` or throws * `Predef.NoSuchElementException` if this is a `Left`. * * {{{ * Right(12).right.get // 12 * Left(12).right.get // NoSuchElementException * }}} * * @throws Predef.NoSuchElementException if the projection is `Left`. */ def get = e match { case Left(_) => throw new NoSuchElementException("Either.right.value on Left") case Right(a) => a } /** * Executes the given side-effecting function if this is a `Right`. * * {{{ * Right(12).right.foreach(x => println(x)) // prints "12" * Left(12).right.foreach(x => println(x)) // doesn't print * }}} * @param f The side-effecting function to execute. */ def foreach[U](f: B => U) = e match { case Left(_) => {} case Right(b) => f(b) } /** * Returns the value from this `Right` or the given argument if this is a * `Left`. * * {{{ * Right(12).right.getOrElse(17) // 12 * Left(12).right.getOrElse(17) // 17 * }}} */ def getOrElse[BB >: B](or: => BB) = e match { case Left(_) => or case Right(b) => b } /** * Returns `true` if `Left` or returns the result of the application of * the given function to the `Right` value. * * {{{ * Right(12).right.forall(_ > 10) // true * Right(7).right.forall(_ > 10) // false * Left(12).right.forall(_ > 10) // true * }}} */ def forall(f: B => Boolean) = e match { case Left(_) => true case Right(b) => f(b) } /** * Returns `false` if `Left` or returns the result of the application of * the given function to the `Right` value. * * {{{ * Right(12).right.exists(_ > 10) // true * Right(7).right.exists(_ > 10) // false * Left(12).right.exists(_ > 10) // false * }}} */ def exists(f: B => Boolean) = e match { case Left(_) => false case Right(b) => f(b) } /** * Binds the given function across `Right`. * * @param f The function to bind across `Right`. */ def flatMap[AA >: A, Y](f: B => Either[AA, Y]) = e match { case Left(a) => Left(a) case Right(b) => f(b) } /** * The given function is applied if this is a `Right`. * * {{{ * Right(12).right.map(x => "flower") // Result: Right("flower") * Left(12).right.map(x => "flower") // Result: Left(12) * }}} */ def map[Y](f: B => Y) = e match { case Left(a) => Left(a) case Right(b) => Right(f(b)) } /** Returns `None` if this is a `Left` or if the * given predicate `p` does not hold for the right value, * otherwise, returns a `Right`. * * {{{ * Right(12).right.filter(_ > 10) // Some(Right(12)) * Right(7).right.filter(_ > 10) // None * Left(12).right.filter(_ > 10) // None * }}} */ def filter[X](p: B => Boolean): Option[Either[X, B]] = e match { case Left(_) => None case Right(b) => if(p(b)) Some(Right(b)) else None } /** Returns a `Seq` containing the `Right` value if * it exists or an empty `Seq` if this is a `Left`. * * {{{ * Right(12).right.toSeq // Seq(12) * Left(12).right.toSeq // Seq() * }}} */ def toSeq = e match { case Left(_) => Seq.empty case Right(b) => Seq(b) } /** Returns a `Some` containing the `Right` value * if it exists or a `None` if this is a `Left`. * * {{{ * Right(12).right.toOption // Some(12) * Left(12).right.toOption // None * }}} */ def toOption = e match { case Left(_) => None case Right(b) => Some(b) } } /** If the condition is satisfied, return the given `B` in `Right`, * otherwise, return the given `A` in `Left`. * * {{{ * val userInput: String = ... * Either.cond( * userInput.forall(_.isDigit) && userInput.size == 10, * PhoneNumber(userInput), * "The input (%s) does not look like a phone number".format(userInput) * }}} */ def cond[A, B](test: Boolean, right: => B, left: => A): Either[A, B] = if (test) Right(right) else Left(left) }