Continuation

abstract TContinuationResult then(@NonNull Task<TResult> task)

Returns the result of applying this Continuation to task.

To propagate failure from the completed Task call getResult and allow the RuntimeExecutionException to propagate. The RuntimeExecutionException will be unwrapped such that the Task returned by continueWith or continueWithTask fails with the original exception.

To suppress specific failures call getResult and catch the exception types of interest:

task.continueWith(new Continuation<String, String>() {
    @Override
    public String then(Task<String> task) {
        try {
            return task.getResult(IOException.class);
        } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
            return "Not found";
        } catch (IOException e) {
            return "Read failed";
        }
    }
}

To suppress all failures guard any calls to getResult with isSuccessful:

task.continueWith(new Continuation<String, String>() {
    @Override
    public String then(Task<String> task) {
        if (task.isSuccessful()) {
            return task.getResult();
        } else {
            return DEFAULT_VALUE;
        }
    }
}