my $isOpen = open($handle, $templateLocation); 
if (!$isOpen) {
    my $exception = MidTier::Exception->new("2",
            "Error opening file `$templateLocation' for reading: $!", $self);
    # no need to close never opened handles
    $exception->sendLog();
    die; # unless $exception->sendlog() dies anyway
} 

$logger->debug("File $templateLocation opened");
$logger->info("Building template: $template");