{- Simple IO exception handling (and some more) - - Copyright 2011-2012 Joey Hess - - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher. -} {-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-} module Utility.Exception where import Control.Exception import qualified Control.Exception as E import Control.Applicative import Control.Monad import System.IO.Error (isDoesNotExistError) import Utility.Data {- Catches IO errors and returns a Bool -} catchBoolIO :: IO Bool -> IO Bool catchBoolIO a = catchDefaultIO False a {- Catches IO errors and returns a Maybe -} catchMaybeIO :: IO a -> IO (Maybe a) catchMaybeIO a = catchDefaultIO Nothing $ Just <$> a {- Catches IO errors and returns a default value. -} catchDefaultIO :: a -> IO a -> IO a catchDefaultIO def a = catchIO a (const $ return def) {- Catches IO errors and returns the error message. -} catchMsgIO :: IO a -> IO (Either String a) catchMsgIO a = either (Left . show) Right <$> tryIO a {- catch specialized for IO errors only -} catchIO :: IO a -> (IOException -> IO a) -> IO a catchIO = E.catch {- try specialized for IO errors only -} tryIO :: IO a -> IO (Either IOException a) tryIO = try {- Catches all exceptions except for async exceptions. - This is often better to use than catching them all, so that - ThreadKilled and UserInterrupt get through. -} catchNonAsync :: IO a -> (SomeException -> IO a) -> IO a catchNonAsync a onerr = a `catches` [ Handler (\ (e :: AsyncException) -> throw e) , Handler (\ (e :: SomeException) -> onerr e) ] tryNonAsync :: IO a -> IO (Either SomeException a) tryNonAsync a = (Right <$> a) `catchNonAsync` (return . Left) {- Catches only DoesNotExist exceptions, and lets all others through. -} tryWhenExists :: IO a -> IO (Maybe a) tryWhenExists a = eitherToMaybe <$> tryJust (guard . isDoesNotExistError) a