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torus
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2 years ago

javascript try/catch block

I thought try/catch blocks were supposed to help you avoid failures/exceptions. That is how they work in C# and from my understanding, this is how thye work in Javascript. Why is the below code still...
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  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
    2 years ago

    See Process Method - "The Process method returns a Process object by its application name and index. If the process is not found, the method returns an empty object and posts the message “The process … was not found” to the test log". Majority of the methods in TC are like this i.e. returns object or null.

     

    An empty object doesn't throw an exception.

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rraghvani
Champion Level 3
2 years ago

See Process Method - "The Process method returns a Process object by its application name and index. If the process is not found, the method returns an empty object and posts the message “The process … was not found” to the test log". Majority of the methods in TC are like this i.e. returns object or null.

 

An empty object doesn't throw an exception.

  • AlexKaras's avatar
    AlexKaras
    Champion Level 3
    2 years ago

    > Majority of the methods in TC are like this i.e. returns object or null.

    I would say that majority of methods in TC return either valid object if search succeeds/object exists or empty stub object with the only .Exists property available and set to False if search fails or object does not exist/was destroyed in the application.

    Null is almost never returned by 'native' TestComplete methods. Methods like .FindChildByXPath() may return null, but these methods are rather just a wrappers around XPath search engine than 'native' TestComplete methods.