How to mark a method will throw unconditionally?

Question

Is there a way to decorate a method that will do some logging, then throw an exception unconditionally, as such?

I have code like this:

void foo(out int x)
{
  if( condition() ) { x = bar(); return; }

  // notice that x is not yet set here, but compiler doesn't complain

  throw new Exception( "missed something." );
}

If I try writing it like this I get a problem:

void foo(out int x)
{
  if( condition() ) { x = bar(); return; }

  // compiler complains about x not being set yet

  MyMethodThatAlwaysThrowsAnException( "missed something." );
}

Any suggestions? Thanks.

Answer 1

How about this?

bool condition() { return false; }
int bar() { return 999; }
void foo(out int x)
{
    if (condition()) { x = bar(); return; }
    // compiler complains about x not being set yet 
    throw MyMethodThatAlwaysThrowsAnException("missed something.");
}
Exception MyMethodThatAlwaysThrowsAnException(string message)
{
    //this could also be a throw if you really want 
    //   but if you throw here the stack trace will point here
    return new Exception(message);
}