title: Should web services throw exceptions OR result objects
body: <p>I'm not sure I'm completely happy that throwing exceptions in web services is a good idea. I wouldnt mind as much if it wasn't for the stack trace. This is not something I wan't. </p>
  
  <p>I have researched around several implementations and there really doesn't seem to be a consensus on this. CampaignMonitor for example does return a Result object, yet others don't.</p>
  
  <p>Architecturally, I'm not sure returning a return object makes sense, surely an exception is an exception, but what I do like about a Return object is that it is a more graceful solution for the end user.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone have any better solutions?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT</p>
  
  <p>BTW I am using ASMX web services, where turning CustomErrors on is not an option.</p>