Question

When I am debugging my Application, I got lots of InvalidOperationException and NullReferenceException Like this:

A first chance exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in XGen.Framework.DLL
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in XGen.Framework.DLL
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in XGen.Framework.DLL
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in XGen.Framework.DLL
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in XGen.Framework.DLL
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in XGen.Framework.DLL
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.InvalidOperationException' occurred in System.Core.dll
A first chance exception of type 'System.NullReferenceException' occurred in XGen.Framework.DLL

Does it makes application slower some how?

Edited:

Found where the InvalidOperationException is Happening

public static Value.Locale Get(string value)
    {
        try
        { return _Items.First(itm => itm.ID.ToUpper() == value.ToUpper() || itm.Name.ToUpper() == value.ToUpper()); }
        catch (Exception)
        { return new XGen.Framework.Value.Locale(); }
    }

Translated text: The sequence contains no elements match

Should I check if _Items.Count > 0?

Answer 1

Well if they don’t make your program slower, they should be exceptional.
If you know that your _items can be empty that’s not an exception, that’s a normal flow, and it should not be handled with exceptions.
You can check the count, or just call FirstOrDefault instead of First…