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

I think you should use try when you want to proceed. It doesn't matter that a method returns some value or not.

Case 1: if it returns fine, you can proceed in some way.

Case 2: if it does not return: it is still fine; you can proceed in some other way.

And if you expect some value as output of that method then use the out parameter.

Example

int value
if (dictionary.TryGetValue("key", out value))
{
    // Proceed in some way
}
else
{
    // Proceed in some other way
}