AggregateException Class

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Represents one or more errors that occur during application execution.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System..::.Exception
    System..::.AggregateException

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Public Class AggregateException _
    Inherits Exception
public class AggregateException : Exception

The AggregateException type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
AggregateException()()() Initializes a new instance of the AggregateException class with a system-supplied message that describes the error.
AggregateException(IEnumerable<(Of <(Exception>)>)) Initializes a new instance of the AggregateException class with references to the inner exceptions that are the cause of this exception.
AggregateException(array<Exception>[]()[]) Initializes a new instance of the AggregateException class with references to the inner exceptions that are the cause of this exception.
AggregateException(String) Initializes a new instance of the AggregateException class with a specified message that describes the error.
AggregateException(String, IEnumerable<(Of <(Exception>)>)) Initializes a new instance of the AggregateException class with a specified error message and references to the inner exceptions that are the cause of this exception.
AggregateException(String, Exception) Initializes a new instance of the AggregateException class with a specified error message and a reference to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.
AggregateException(String, array<Exception>[]()[]) Initializes a new instance of the AggregateException class with a specified error message and references to the inner exceptions that are the cause of this exception.

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Properties

  Name Description
Data Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
HelpLink Gets or sets a link to the help file associated with this exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
HResult Gets or sets HRESULT, a coded numerical value that is assigned to a specific exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
InnerException Gets the Exception instance that caused the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
InnerExceptions Gets a read-only collection of the Exception instances that caused the current exception.
Message Gets a message that describes the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Source Gets or sets the name of the application or the object that causes the error. (Inherited from Exception.)
StackTrace Gets a string representation of the frames on the call stack at the time the current exception was thrown. (Inherited from Exception.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Flatten Flattens AggregateException instances into a single, new instance.
GetBaseException Returns the AggregateException object that is the root cause of this exception. (Overrides Exception..::.GetBaseException()()().)
GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
GetType Gets the runtime type of the current instance. (Inherited from Exception.)
Handle Invokes a handler on each Exception contained by this AggregateException object.
MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
ToString Returns a string representation of the current AggregateException. (Overrides Exception..::.ToString()()().)

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Remarks

AggregateException is used to consolidate multiple failures into a single, throwable exception object. It is used extensively in parallel programming.

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0

Thread Safety

All public and protected members of AggregateException are thread-safe and may be used concurrently from multiple threads.

See Also

Reference

System Namespace