I understand that Try is going to be deprecated. I...

# arrow

[Joram Visser]

I understand that Try is going to be deprecated. Is this a good way to deal with a possible ParseException?

import arrow.Kind
import arrow.core.Either
import arrow.core.Left
import arrow.core.Right
import arrow.effects.typeclasses.MonadDefer
import java.text.DateFormat
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
import java.util.Date

class DateParseError(val message: String)

private const val DATE_FORMAT = "yyyyMMdd"
private const val DEFAULT_DATE_PARSE_ERROR_MESSAGE = "An exception was thrown while parsing the date string."
private val dateFormat: DateFormat = SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT)

fun <F> MonadDefer<F>.parse(date: String): Kind<F, Either<DateParseError, Date>> =
		catch {
			Right(dateFormat.parse(date))
		}.handleError {
			Left(DateParseError(it.message ?: DEFAULT_DATE_PARSE_ERROR_MESSAGE))
		}