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Goswami PuriGoswami Puri 

How to cover return statement in catch block in test class

Hi ,
I am getting issue in catch block due to retrun statement .Can anyone help me in thisUser-added image
Main Class

public with sharing class Common_DAO 
{
    //get the list of Table Component records
    public static List<Common_TableComponent__c> getTableComponentList(string recordName)
    {
        try
        {
            List<Common_TableComponent__c> tempList = new List<Common_TableComponent__c>();
            
            tempList = [SELECT ActionButtons__c,Advanced_Search_Criteria__c,Advanced_Search_Help_Text__c,
                        ColumnHeaderList__c,Columns_To_Sort__c,
                        Date_Filter_Values_New__c,DefaultView__c,Default_Filter_Column__c,Enable_Advanced_Search__c,Enable_Date_Filter__c,
                        Enable_Search__c,Enable_Sorting__c,Fields__c,IsActionColumnEnabled__c,Order_By_Clause__c,
                        Pagination_Type__c,SearchFields__c,Search_Help_Text__c,SOQLQuery__c,Where_Clause__c, Header_Default_Value__c,Header_Spanish_Value__c 
                        FROM Common_TableComponent__c WHERE Name = :recordName LIMIT 1];
            
            return tempList;
        }
        catch(exception e)
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    //get the list of Table Search records
    public static List<Common_TableSearch__c> getTableSearchList(string recordName, string searchType)
    {
        try
        {
            List<Common_TableSearch__c> tempList = new List<Common_TableSearch__c>();
            
            tempList = [SELECT Name, Advanced_Search_SOQL_Query__c, Common_TableComponent__c,
                        Field_Type__c, Join_Column__c, Placeholder_Text__c, Possible_Values__c,
                        Search_Type__c,  Child_Column__c,Default_Filter_Column__c,Where__c,Order_By__c,Default_Filter_Value_SOQL__c,Default_Filter_Child_Column__c  
                        from Common_TableSearch__c 
                        where Common_TableComponent__r.Name = :recordName and Search_Type__c=: searchType order by Sequence_Number__c ];
            
            return tempList;
        }
        catch(exception e)
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    //get the list of Table Search records
    public static List<Common_TableAction__c> getTableActionList(set<string> buttonsNameSet)
    {
        try
        {
            List<Common_TableAction__c> tempList = new List<Common_TableAction__c>();
            
            tempList = [SELECT Name,Action_Button_Display_Column_Values__c,
                        Action_Button_Display_Criteria_Column__c,
                        Action_Button_Ext_Display_Column_Values__c,
                        Action_Button_External_Display_Criteria__c,
                        APINameOfLink__c,Custom_Permissions__c,DynamicParams__c,
                        EnableAsLink__c,Is_Absolute_URL__c,IsActive__c,
                        Is_Remote_Action_Button__c,Enable_Pop_up__c,Self_Window__c,
                        Remote_Action_Class__c,Remote_Action_Method__c,Title__c,URL__c 
                        FROM Common_TableAction__c where Name IN : buttonsNameSet];
            
            return tempList;
        }
        catch(exception e)
        {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

Test class 
@IsTest
Public class Common_DAO_Test{
     @isTest  static testmethod void common_DAOTest1(){
     
        string recordName='';
        string searchType='';
        set<string> buttonsNameSet=new set<string> ();
        Common_DAO c=new Common_DAO();
        Common_DAO.getTableComponentList(recordName);
        Common_DAO.getTableSearchList(recordName,searchType);
        Common_DAO.getTableActionList(buttonsNameSet);
        system.assertequals(searchType,'');    
    }
    
    Public static testmethod void common_DAOTest2(){
        Common_DAO c=new Common_DAO();
        string recordName='test';
        string searchType='test';
        set<string> buttonsNameSet=new set<string> {'test'};
            
            
            try{
            
            Common_DAO.getTableComponentList(recordName);
           
            } catch(DMLException e) {
            
            system.assertEquals(e.getMessage(), e.getMessage()); 
            
            } 
            Common_DAO.getTableSearchList(recordName,searchType);
            Common_DAO.getTableActionList(buttonsNameSet);
        }
Ravi Dutt SharmaRavi Dutt Sharma
Hi Goswami,

You need to generate an exception from the try block to cover the lines of code in a catch block. One way to do that is to use System.runAs in your test class. The user that you specify in the runAs should not have any access to the Common_TableAction__c object. In this case, the SOQL will throw an exception and the code execution will go to catch block.

Thanks,
Ravi