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  # A pattern extraction
  class EmptyDataBreaker
    # Eklas should be the kind of exception you want to raise
    def initialize(eklas)
      @eklas = eklas
    end
    
    # Call this with an included block, it will 
    # raise your given exception if the results are empty
    def run(*args, &block)
      result = block.call(*args)
      raise @eklas if result.blank?
      return result
    end
  end

# Used as follows

breaker = EmptyDataBreaker.new(NoDataException)
begin
  result = breaker.run { ... }
  result2 = breaker.run { ... }
  return result2
rescue NoDataException
end