Question

I have a feeling the answer is “no” but thought I’d ask just in case…

pseudo code:

Foo foo = new Foo();

if(foo != null){
    foo.useMe();
}else{
   System.out.println("foo failed to initialize");
}

What would I have to do in Foo to make this a reality?

Answer 1

Typically you would just have it throw an exception for this situation. You can easily write your own exception or just use something like throw new Exception("foo failed to initialize"); and capture that.

Writing your own Exception: http://www.javaplex.com/blog/java-creating-custom-exceptions/