Here's the skeleton of the function:
<cffunction name="getUser" returntype="userCFC">
...
<cfif doesUserExist>
<cfreturn theUser />
<cfelse>
<cfthrow type="UserNotFoundException" />
</cfif>
</cffunction>
And then calling it:
<cftry>
<cfset user = getUser() />
.. do stuff ..
<cfcatch type="UserNotFoundException">
.. deal with the invalid user ..
</cfcatch>
</cftry>
Just for references, with a "null" return value the function would
return some kind of null instead of throwing the exception, and the
calling code would look like this:
<cfset user = getUser() />
<cfif user is null>
.. deal with invalid user ..
<cfelse>
.. do stuff ..
</cfif>
cheers,
barneyb
On 10/22/05, Andrew Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Barney,
>
> If you don't mind I would like an example to clarify, in this example I am
> checking to see if a user exists, it returns the user object if it does. So
> when it returns back to the caller how do I handle it, if you can give me an
> example to help clarify what your saying that would be much appreciated.
>
>
> Regards,
> Andrew Scott
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