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// Do not remove this try catch block.

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  • Y Yusuf

    try
    {
    Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
    // Do not remove this try catch block. For some reason this always throws Null reference exception but then works.
    }
    finally
    {
    Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
    }

    Oh My eyes :wtf:

    Yusuf May I help you?

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    KBZX5000
    wrote on last edited by
    #8

    Just remove the try-catch and stack-trace the exception. I don't see the problem. o7

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    • B Bernhard Hiller

      I am trying to figure out how that can work. What about

      private Something _filters;
      private Something filters
      {
      get
      {
      if (_filters == null)
      {
      Task.Run(() => CreateFilters());
      }
      return _filters;
      }
      }
      private void CreateFilters()
      {
      // somehow instantiates a Something and sets the _filters member
      }

      That could cause such a strange behavior, couldn't it? :-D

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      Plamen Dragiyski
      wrote on last edited by
      #9

      I think he might not know what Multi-Threaded Programming is.

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      • Y Yusuf

        try
        {
        Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
        }
        catch(Exception ex)
        {
        // Do not remove this try catch block. For some reason this always throws Null reference exception but then works.
        }
        finally
        {
        Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
        }

        Oh My eyes :wtf:

        Yusuf May I help you?

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        maze3
        wrote on last edited by
        #10

        OMG that is terrible

        try {
        Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
        }
        catch(Exception ex) {
        // Do not remove this try catch block. For some reason this always throws Null reference exception but then works.
        }
        finally {
        Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
        }

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        • Y Yusuf

          try
          {
          Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
          }
          catch(Exception ex)
          {
          // Do not remove this try catch block. For some reason this always throws Null reference exception but then works.
          }
          finally
          {
          Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
          }

          Oh My eyes :wtf:

          Yusuf May I help you?

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          kristopher baker
          wrote on last edited by
          #11

          My guess is that either "filters" isn't instantiated or is getting instantiated at the same time that it is being called. What is happening when "IsEmpty" is called? It might be trying to kick something off when it is called.

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          • K kristopher baker

            My guess is that either "filters" isn't instantiated or is getting instantiated at the same time that it is being called. What is happening when "IsEmpty" is called? It might be trying to kick something off when it is called.

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            Middle Manager
            wrote on last edited by
            #12

            I second that request. Can we be shown the IsEmpty code please? Can't be too many company secrets hidden in there... god, please say there isn't! :omg:

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            • Y Yusuf

              try
              {
              Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
              }
              catch(Exception ex)
              {
              // Do not remove this try catch block. For some reason this always throws Null reference exception but then works.
              }
              finally
              {
              Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
              }

              Oh My eyes :wtf:

              Yusuf May I help you?

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              agolddog
              wrote on last edited by
              #13

              Outside of that... Who knows the context, but I'm going to guess that filters is a private member property, and Filtering is exposed. Why wouldn't someone just make Filtering a public, get-only convenience property then, rather than setting some piece of data, where we now have to maintain two things?

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              • P Plamen Dragiyski

                I think he might not know what Multi-Threaded Programming is.

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                Bernhard Hiller
                wrote on last edited by
                #14

                Exactly. But somewhere he read something about lazy initialization, and somewhere else he saw a Task.Run, understood neither of them, and ... Welcome to the wonderful world of code monkeys who've used every programming concept during their career. :^)

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                • M Middle Manager

                  I second that request. Can we be shown the IsEmpty code please? Can't be too many company secrets hidden in there... god, please say there isn't! :omg:

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                  User 11277767
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #15

                  public bool IsEmpty
                  {
                  get {
                  try {
                  return _filters.IsEmpty();
                  }
                  catch (NullReferenceException e)
                  {
                  InstantiateFilters();
                  throw new NullReferenceException("Try it again now please.");
                  }
                  }
                  }

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                  • Y Yusuf

                    try
                    {
                    Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
                    }
                    catch(Exception ex)
                    {
                    // Do not remove this try catch block. For some reason this always throws Null reference exception but then works.
                    }
                    finally
                    {
                    Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
                    }

                    Oh My eyes :wtf:

                    Yusuf May I help you?

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                    Daniel R Przybylski
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #16

                    Are You A Code Poet? - I'm silently reviewing your code T-Shirt | Teespring[^]

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                    • Y Yusuf

                      try
                      {
                      Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
                      }
                      catch(Exception ex)
                      {
                      // Do not remove this try catch block. For some reason this always throws Null reference exception but then works.
                      }
                      finally
                      {
                      Filtering = !filters.IsEmpty;
                      }

                      Oh My eyes :wtf:

                      Yusuf May I help you?

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                      Leng Vang
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #17

                      Zombie coder?

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                      • L Lost User

                        Hmmm, I can infer from this snippet that the filters variable is most likely a CString[^] member variable which is being modified/accessed by multiple threads. Am I right? :) Best Wishes, -David Delaune

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                        Yusuf
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #18

                        Nope. filter is ICollectionView [^](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.icollectionview(v=vs.110).aspx) type. It is possible it could be null.

                        Yusuf May I help you?

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                        • B Bernhard Hiller

                          I am trying to figure out how that can work. What about

                          private Something _filters;
                          private Something filters
                          {
                          get
                          {
                          if (_filters == null)
                          {
                          Task.Run(() => CreateFilters());
                          }
                          return _filters;
                          }
                          }
                          private void CreateFilters()
                          {
                          // somehow instantiates a Something and sets the _filters member
                          }

                          That could cause such a strange behavior, couldn't it? :-D

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                          Yusuf
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #19

                          var filters = Grid.RecordManager.FilteredInDataItems;

                          it is using 3rd party grid control. It returns ICollectionView [^](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.componentmodel.icollectionview(v=vs.110).aspx)

                          Yusuf May I help you?

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                          • M Middle Manager

                            I second that request. Can we be shown the IsEmpty code please? Can't be too many company secrets hidden in there... god, please say there isn't! :omg:

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                            Yusuf
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #20

                            bool IsEmpty { get; }

                            Member of System.ComponentModel.ICollectionView

                            Yusuf May I help you?

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                            • U User 11277767

                              public bool IsEmpty
                              {
                              get {
                              try {
                              return _filters.IsEmpty();
                              }
                              catch (NullReferenceException e)
                              {
                              InstantiateFilters();
                              throw new NullReferenceException("Try it again now please.");
                              }
                              }
                              }

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                              kristopher baker
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #21

                              That tells you everything. You're variously trying to call an IsEmpty() method on a null _filters object. The exception is caught, InstantiateFilters() then fills up your filters variable from your calling code. The next time around in the finally it calls on the IsEmpty property again but this time _filters has been instantiated and the 'try' passes without a problem.

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                              • K kristopher baker

                                That tells you everything. You're variously trying to call an IsEmpty() method on a null _filters object. The exception is caught, InstantiateFilters() then fills up your filters variable from your calling code. The next time around in the finally it calls on the IsEmpty property again but this time _filters has been instantiated and the 'try' passes without a problem.

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                                User 11277767
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #22

                                I'm not the OP so I have no knowledge of the actual code. That was just a stupid joke on my part.

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