Question

Very short question: Is there a more elegant way to do this:

Object tmp;
try {
 tmp = somethingThatCanFail();
} catch (Fail f) {
 tmp = null;
}
final Object myObject = tmp;
// now I have a final myObject, which can be used in anonymous classes

Answer 1

You could extract the creation of the value in its own method:

final Object myObject = getObjectOrNull();

public Object getObjectOrNull() {
  try{
    return somethingThatCanFail();
  } catch (Fail f) {
    return null;
  }
}

It’s longer, but depending on your definition of “elegant” it might be more elegant.