Apex Best Practice: Should You Use Multiple Try-Catch Blocks in One Method?
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In Salesforce development, handling exceptions properly is essential to writing robust and maintainable Apex code. A common question that developers often ask is: "Is it okay to use multiple try-catch blocks in a single method?" The answer is: It depends. Let’s break it down with best practices, examples, and when it's actually beneficial. ✅ When to Use Multiple Try-Catch Blocks Using multiple try-catch blocks makes sense when: Different operations in your method are independent . You want to gracefully handle errors and continue execution even if one operation fails. You need to log specific messages or take different actions for different types of exceptions. Example: Independent Operations In this example, even if the account insert fails, the contact insert is still attempted. This makes your logic more resilient and less prone to total failure. public void processAccountAndContact() { try { insert account; ...