try-catch blocks with the return type

Question

If I have a method that returns something, like

public DataTable ReturnSomething()
{
   try
   {  
      //logic here
     return ds.Tables[0];
   }
   catch (Ex         


        

Answer 1

You should raise/throw the exception in your catch block and handle it in the calling method.

public void invokeFaultyCode()
{
    try
    {
        DataTable dt = ReturnSomething();
    }
    catch(Exception e)
    {
        // Print the error message, cleanup, whatever
    }    
}
public DataTable ReturnSomething() throws Exception
{
   try
   {  
      //logic here
     return ds.Tables[0];
   }
   catch (Exception e)
   {
      ErrorString=e.Message;
      throw;
   }
}

PS: Sorry for any syntax error, I'm a bit rusty on C#.