Exception Handling

Question

catch (Exception ex)
{
    DBGlobals.Error("OHMjson.Graph.saveLastGraphName - Error: " + ex.getMessage());
    msg = "Unable to save data";
    status = false;
}

This piece of code would throw an status as false, if i encounter an error.

Instead should i thrown New exception. Is this the right way. How can i handle exception in a better way.

Answer 1

Prefer throwing exceptions to returning error codes/status.

Returning an error code means the caller should always remember to check for it. Throwing the exception allows the calling code to make the decision of what to do (an normally the higher up the decision, the better it can be made).