namespace System.Workflow { using System; using System.Diagnostics; using System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis; static class Utility { [SuppressMessage("Reliability", "Reliability113", Justification = "These are the core methods that should be used for all other Guid(string) calls.")] internal static Guid CreateGuid(string guidString) { bool success = false; Guid result = Guid.Empty; try { result = new Guid(guidString); success = true; } finally { if (!success) { Debug.Assert(false, "Creation of the Guid failed."); } } return result; } [SuppressMessage("Reliability", "Reliability113", Justification = "These are the core methods that should be used for all other Guid(string) calls.")] internal static bool TryCreateGuid(string guidString, out Guid result) { bool success = false; result = Guid.Empty; try { result = new Guid(guidString); success = true; } catch (ArgumentException) { // ---- this } catch (FormatException) { // ---- this } catch (OverflowException) { // ---- this } return success; } } }