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

I think your code is being run at a sufficiently high level of the call stack and it's blended with UI code. If this is really the case, you could return null in the catch block. However, if you are writing reusable code, you should refactor it so that it doesn't contain UI manipulation and handle the exception at a higher level in the call stack.