I've got a quick question about the best way to handle return values
in Java methods with a try/catch statement. Consider, as an example,
the following method:
public static SurveyorsAngle getSupplementaryAngle(SurveyorsAngle argAngle)
{
try
{
SurveyorsAngle halfRevolution = new BasicSurveyorsAngle(0.50);
SurveyorsAngle toReturn =
AngleCruncher.subtractAngles(halfRevolution, argAngle);
return toReturn;
}
catch(ShouldNeverReachHere caught)
{
System.err.println(caught.getMessage());
}
return null;
}
In this example the return value must be set within the try statement,
becuase the subtractAngles method throws an exception.
This means that the method has to return a null value after the
try/catch statements. However, this return statement will never be
reached, because the method will either [1] return from the try
statement with a valid SurveyorsAngle object or [2] execution will
shift to the catch statement.
However, if I remove the return null statement from the end of this
method, Eclipse gives me a compile error. This error states that the
getSupplementaryAngle method must return a SurveyorsAngle value.
I seem to run into this a lot in my code. I know I could just
eiliminate the try/catch statement and add a throws clause to the
containing method, but sometimes the exception SHOULD be handled in
the containing method.
Is there a better solution? It seems like the compiler is requiring a
return statement that can never be reached.
Thanks for any advice on this.
The Sunburned Surveyor
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