public abstract class Result{
   Result(){}
   public final static class Ok extends Result {
        public final double [] data;
        ...
   }
    public final static class Error extends Result{
        private Error(){}
        public static final Error Instance = new Error ();
    }
}
try{ 
   parse 
   return new Result.Ok(parsed);
} catch(NFE){ 
   return Result.Error.Instance;
}
if(result instanceOf Result.Ok ok){
    use ok.data
} else {
   Handle error
}