List of exceptions

[Chakravarthy]

Where can we get a comprehensive list of all .NET exceptions with examples
of when to use each of them ?

 

[Peter Duniho]

Where can we get a comprehensive list of all .NET exceptions with
examples of when to use each of them ?

You can start with the documentation for System.Exception, which provides
a link to a list of derived classes (as all main pages for the .NET
classes have). Just follow the derivation chain for each subclass, and
you will eventually enumerate all of the exceptions.

 

[Chakravarthy]

A very amateurish WIP at making such a list :-

http://eldora-software.com/blogs/ListofNETexceptions.htm

 

[John Saunders [MVP]]

A very amateurish WIP at making such a list :-

http://eldora-software.com/blogs/ListofNETexceptions.htm

This isn't amateurish at all! This is a great start.

What is the source of the information? Is it something that can update over
time?

 

[Alvin Bruney [MVP]]

I see so much value in that, it just aint funny. Maybe it should be in the
form of a wiki so that it can be updated by others - think spread the work
around.

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[Chakravarthy]

Thanks. I just opened Object explorer in VS 2005 and just searched for all
items which had 'exception' and then took only those which ended with the
keyword exception , which is a practise that MS follows i think. I only
took those items which had a plus sign , which probably indicated they were
inherited from some base exception. I ignored other items.

 

[Chakravarthy]

Yes there is a lot of refinement and inputs which can help us have a
comprehensive and context sensitive set of exceptions .That way when FxCop
complains about using SystemException, we can think of the right set
instead.

I see so much value in that, it just aint funny. Maybe it should be in the
form of a wiki so that it can be updated by others - think spread the work
around.

--
Regards,
Alvin Bruney
------------------------------------------------------
Shameless author plug
Excel Services for .NET is coming...
https://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/books/10933.aspx
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