When is “Try” supposed to be used in C# method names?

Question

We were discussing with our coworkers on what it means if the method name starts with \"Try\".

There were the following opinions:

• Use \"Try\" when the

Answer 1

(Corrected) There is official guideline, as Erik suggested.

When I see TrySomething method, I assume it

• doesn't throw
• returns bool
• if I expect value, it is returned via 'out' parameter
• there exists Something method, that allows me to handle any exception myself. (edit, suggested by Jesse Webb)