In Scala, is there a pre-existing library function for converting exceptions to Options?

Question

This is basically to wrap java factory methods which throw exceptions if the item can\'t be created based on the inputs. I\'m looking for something in the base library like:

Answer 1

Scalaz provides Validation[+E, +A] which is similar to Either.

val result: Validation[Throwable, Something] = ...

result match {
  case Success(x) => ...
  case Failure(x) => ...
}