Question

I use this method to get file extension,

public string ReturnExtension(string fileExtension)
    {
        switch (fileExtension)
        {
            case ".doc":
            case ".docx":
                return "application/ms-word";
        }
    }

When i compile it i got the error BaseClass.ReturnExtension(string)': not all code paths return a value.. Any suggestion…

Answer 1

You need to add a default condition if you are returning from inside the switch statement.

// As SLaks mentioned, you should be case in-sensitive.
// Therefore, I'm comparing only the Lower Case version of the extensio

switch(fileExtension.ToLowerInvariant())
{
    case ".doc":
    case ".docx":
        return "application/ms-word";
    default:
        // You could also throw an Exception here if unknown extensions
        // are truly invalid (which seems to be the more popular choice)
        //
        // Since it looks like you're returning a content-type for a
        // download, I would default to octet-stream so the user would
        // just get a download window.
        return "application/octet-stream";
}