| Safe Haskell | Safe |
|---|---|
| Language | Haskell2010 |
Exceptions
Description
Some functions to work with exceptions over MonadError.
- class (Typeable * e, Show e) => Exception e
- data SomeException :: * where
- note :: MonadError e m => e -> Maybe a -> m a
Documentation
class (Typeable * e, Show e) => Exception e #
Any type that you wish to throw or catch as an exception must be an
instance of the Exception class. The simplest case is a new exception
type directly below the root:
data MyException = ThisException | ThatException
deriving (Show, Typeable)
instance Exception MyExceptionThe default method definitions in the Exception class do what we need
in this case. You can now throw and catch ThisException and
ThatException as exceptions:
*Main> throw ThisException `catch` \e -> putStrLn ("Caught " ++ show (e :: MyException))
Caught ThisException
In more complicated examples, you may wish to define a whole hierarchy of exceptions:
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Make the root exception type for all the exceptions in a compiler
data SomeCompilerException = forall e . Exception e => SomeCompilerException e
deriving Typeable
instance Show SomeCompilerException where
show (SomeCompilerException e) = show e
instance Exception SomeCompilerException
compilerExceptionToException :: Exception e => e -> SomeException
compilerExceptionToException = toException . SomeCompilerException
compilerExceptionFromException :: Exception e => SomeException -> Maybe e
compilerExceptionFromException x = do
SomeCompilerException a <- fromException x
cast a
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Make a subhierarchy for exceptions in the frontend of the compiler
data SomeFrontendException = forall e . Exception e => SomeFrontendException e
deriving Typeable
instance Show SomeFrontendException where
show (SomeFrontendException e) = show e
instance Exception SomeFrontendException where
toException = compilerExceptionToException
fromException = compilerExceptionFromException
frontendExceptionToException :: Exception e => e -> SomeException
frontendExceptionToException = toException . SomeFrontendException
frontendExceptionFromException :: Exception e => SomeException -> Maybe e
frontendExceptionFromException x = do
SomeFrontendException a <- fromException x
cast a
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Make an exception type for a particular frontend compiler exception
data MismatchedParentheses = MismatchedParentheses
deriving (Typeable, Show)
instance Exception MismatchedParentheses where
toException = frontendExceptionToException
fromException = frontendExceptionFromExceptionWe can now catch a MismatchedParentheses exception as
MismatchedParentheses, SomeFrontendException or
SomeCompilerException, but not other types, e.g. IOException:
*Main> throw MismatchedParenthesescatche -> putStrLn ("Caught " ++ show (e :: MismatchedParentheses)) Caught MismatchedParentheses *Main> throw MismatchedParenthesescatche -> putStrLn ("Caught " ++ show (e :: SomeFrontendException)) Caught MismatchedParentheses *Main> throw MismatchedParenthesescatche -> putStrLn ("Caught " ++ show (e :: SomeCompilerException)) Caught MismatchedParentheses *Main> throw MismatchedParenthesescatche -> putStrLn ("Caught " ++ show (e :: IOException)) *** Exception: MismatchedParentheses
Instances
data SomeException :: * where #
The SomeException type is the root of the exception type hierarchy.
When an exception of type e is thrown, behind the scenes it is
encapsulated in a SomeException.
Constructors
| SomeException :: SomeException |
Instances
note :: MonadError e m => e -> Maybe a -> m a Source #
Throws error for Maybe if Nothing is given.
Operates over MonadError.