Update:
This linked answer describes a cleaner, simpler way of doing the same thing with C# syntax.
Original post
This is Microsoft's recommended way to handle WCF client calls:
For more detail see: Expected Exceptions
try
{
...
double result = client.Add(value1, value2);
...
client.Close();
}
catch (TimeoutException exception)
{
Console.WriteLine("Got {0}", exception.GetType());
client.Abort();
}
catch (CommunicationException exception)
{
Console.WriteLine("Got {0}", exception.GetType());
client.Abort();
}
Additional information
So many people seem to be asking this question on WCF that Microsoft even created a dedicated sample to demonstrate how to handle exceptions:
c:\WF_WCF_Samples\WCF\Basic\Client\ExpectedExceptions\CS\client
Considering that there are so many issues involving the using statement, (heated?) Internal discussions and threads on this issue, I'm not going to waste my time trying to become a code cowboy and find a cleaner way. I'll just suck it up, and implement WCF clients this verbose (yet trusted) way for my server applications.