Exception Class

[This documentation is for preview only, and is subject to change in later releases. Blank topics are included as placeholders.]

Represents errors that occur during application execution.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
  System..::..Exception
    More...

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public Class Exception

[SerializableAttribute]
public class Exception

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class Exception

[<SerializableAttribute>]
type Exception =  class end

public class Exception

The Exception type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Exception() () () ()	Initializes a new instance of the Exception class.
	Exception(String)	Initializes a new instance of the Exception class with a specified error message.
	Exception(String, Exception)	Initializes a new instance of the Exception class with a specified error message and a reference to the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.

Top

Properties

	Name	Description
	InnerException	Gets the Exception instance that caused the current exception.
	Message	Gets a message that describes the current exception.
	StackTrace	Gets a string representation of the immediate frames on the call stack.

Top

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 it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Creates and returns a string representation of the current exception. (Overrides Object. . :: . .ToString() () () ().)

Top

Fields

	Name	Description
	m_HResult

Top

Remarks

This class is the base class for all exceptions. When an error occurs, either the system or the currently executing application reports it by throwing an exception containing information about the error. Once thrown, an exception is handled by the application or by the default exception handler.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

System Namespace

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
  System..::..Exception
    Microsoft.SPOT. . :: . .ConstraintException
    Microsoft.SPOT. . :: . .UnknownTypeException
    Microsoft.VisualBasic.CompilerServices. . :: . .IncompleteInitialization
    System. . :: . .ApplicationException
    System.Net.Sockets. . :: . .SocketException
    System.Security.Cryptography. . :: . .CryptographicException
    System. . :: . .SystemException
    System.Text.RegularExpressions. . :: . .RegexpSyntaxException
    System.Xml. . :: . .XmlException
    Ws.Services.Faults. . :: . .WsFaultException