src/main/java/org/apache/sling/models/impl/Result.java

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package org.apache.sling.models.impl;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

/**
 * This class encapsulates a value of a generic class in case of success or the
 * {@link RuntimeException}s in case of an error. It is used because the
 * different instantiation methods for models don't all allow exceptions to be
 * thrown. Also throwing and catching exceptions would decrease the runtime performance.
 * Therefore this class is used to throw the exception only if necessary.
 */
public class Result<SuccessObjectType> {
    private final RuntimeException t;
    private final SuccessObjectType object;
    /**
     * instantiate with one throwable (i.e. failure)
     * 
     * @param throwable
     */
    public Result(RuntimeException throwable) {
        this.t = throwable;
        this.object = null;
    }

    /**
     * instantate with a model (i.e. success)
     * 
     * @param object
     */
    public Result(SuccessObjectType object) {
        this.object = object;
        this.t = null;
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @return the encapsulated exception
     * @throws IllegalStateException
     *             in case this object does not represent a failure
     */
    public @NotNull RuntimeException getThrowable() {
        if (t == null) {
            return new IllegalStateException("No throwable available");
        }
        return t;
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @return the encapsulated success value
     * @throws IllegalStateException
     *             in case this object does not represent a success
     */
    public @NotNull SuccessObjectType getValue() {
        if (object == null) {
            throw new IllegalStateException(
                    "Success object is not set, but rather an exception is encapsulated: " + t.getMessage(), t);
        }
        return object;
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @return {@code true} in case this object represents a success, otherwise
     *         {@code false}
     */
    public boolean wasSuccessful() {
        return object != null;
    }


}