pros and cons of TryCatch versus TryParse
- by Vijesh
What are the pros and cons of using either of the following approaches to pulling out a double from an object? Beyond just personal preferences, issues I'm looking for feedback on include ease of debugging, performance, maintainability etc.
public static double GetDouble(object input, double defaultVal)
{
try
{
return Convert.ToDouble(input);
}
catch
{
return defaultVal;
}
}
public static double GetDouble(object input, double defaultVal)
{
double returnVal;
if (double.TryParse(input.ToString(), out returnVal))
{
return returnVal;
}
else
{
return defaultVal;
}
}
