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gus
Contributor
10 years ago

What's wrong with this throw statement in JScript?

See the following code, copied from the else block of an if statement in a JScript script:   var err = new Error(); err.number = 1; err.name = "Could not close running Foo instance"; Log.Error(err....
  • k_de_boer03's avatar
    k_de_boer03
    10 years ago

    I believe your code works as you intended. However keep this in mind:

     

    In TestComplete, if a script calls an object method that is declared in another unit, and this method throws an exception, the exception cannot be caught and handled by the try {} block in the main script. Keep this in mind when developing object-oriented test scripts using native JScript functionality.

     

    Source: https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/70308/

     

    Check the example code under header "Using Objects Defined in Other Units".

     

    I try to avoid exceptions and instead use event handlers because of this.

     

     

gus's avatar
gus
Contributor

Hi,

 

Thanks for the detailed explanation! Understanding that the practice applied is not correct, I'd like to ask to suggest a pattern for the case when I want to let the caller of a routing be able to handle errors in try catch blocks.

 

function foo() {
  try {
     // do something
     bar();
  } catch (x) {
     // do something when bar() throwed an exception
  }
)

funtion bar() {
  // do something
  if (someCondition) {
    throw new Error(...);
  }
}

What I'd like is foo() to be able to catch the signal generated in bar(). Will the throw statement in bar() result in runtime error even if it is handled above in the call stack?

k_de_boer03's avatar
k_de_boer03
Contributor
10 years ago

I believe your code works as you intended. However keep this in mind:

 

In TestComplete, if a script calls an object method that is declared in another unit, and this method throws an exception, the exception cannot be caught and handled by the try {} block in the main script. Keep this in mind when developing object-oriented test scripts using native JScript functionality.

 

Source: https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/70308/

 

Check the example code under header "Using Objects Defined in Other Units".

 

I try to avoid exceptions and instead use event handlers because of this.

 

 

  • gus's avatar
    gus
    Contributor
    10 years ago

    Thanks for reminding about the cross-unit problem of throwing exceptions! I remember I read it a few times, but forgot completely. :)

     

    Maybe such functions should return an Error object, which works, but looks way ugly. :)