Exception Handling in lambda Expression

Question

Can anyone please explain how to handle exception handling in lambda expression. I know in Anonymous method we can use try catch method like,

Employee emp = listemp.Find(delegate(Employee employee) 
{ 
    try 
    { 
    if (number == 5) 
        throw new InvalidCastException(); 
    } 

    catch (Exception ex) 
    { 
      MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString()); 
    } 
    return employee.id == 101; 
} 

By converting above code into Lambda Expression we have,

Employee e1 = listemp.Find(x => x.id == 101); 

My question is: Can we implement try catch with this expression?

Answer 1

Sure. Lambda expressions are just methods, so you can write:

listemp.Find(x => 
{
   bool found = false;
   try
   {
      found = x.id == 101;
   }
   catch (Exception ex) { }
   return found;
});

Note: I did NOT say it was OK to catch exceptions like that, this is for sample purposes only.

Of course, once your anonymous methods are this involved, you should probably be considering just using a proper method anyways.