AggregateException.Handle(Func<Exception,Boolean>) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Source:

AggregateException.cs

Invokes a handler on each Exception contained by this AggregateException.

C#

public void Handle(Func<Exception,bool> predicate);

Parameters

predicate

Func<Exception,Boolean>

The predicate to execute for each exception. The predicate accepts as an argument the Exception to be processed and returns a Boolean to indicate whether the exception was handled.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The predicate argument is null.

AggregateException

An exception contained by this AggregateException was not handled.

Examples

Ordinarily, an exception handler that catches an AggregateException exception uses a foreach loop (in C#) or For Each loop (in Visual Basic) to handle each exception in its InnerExceptions collection. Instead, the following example uses the Handle method to handle each exception, and only rethrows exceptions that are not CustomException instances.

C#

using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      var task1 = Task.Run( () => { throw new CustomException("This exception is expected!"); } );

      try {
          task1.Wait();
      }
      catch (AggregateException ae)
      {
         // Call the Handle method to handle the custom exception,
         // otherwise rethrow the exception.
         ae.Handle(ex => { if (ex is CustomException)
                             Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
                          return ex is CustomException;
                        });
      }
   }
}

public class CustomException : Exception
{
   public CustomException(String message) : base(message)
   {}
}
// The example displays the following output:
//        This exception is expected!

The following is a more complete example that uses the Handle method to provide special handling for an UnauthorizedAccessException when enumerating files.

C#

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

public class Example2
{
    public static void Main()
    {
        // This should throw an UnauthorizedAccessException.
       try {
           var files = GetAllFiles(@"C:\");
           if (files != null)
              foreach (var file in files)
                 Console.WriteLine(file);
        }
        catch (AggregateException ae) {
           foreach (var ex in ae.InnerExceptions)
               Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", ex.GetType().Name, ex.Message);
        }
        Console.WriteLine();

        // This should throw an ArgumentException.
        try {
           foreach (var s in GetAllFiles(""))
              Console.WriteLine(s);
        }
        catch (AggregateException ae) {
           foreach (var ex in ae.InnerExceptions)
               Console.WriteLine("{0}: {1}", ex.GetType().Name, ex.Message);
        }
    }

    static string[] GetAllFiles(string path)
    {
       var task1 = Task.Run( () => Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.txt",
                                                      SearchOption.AllDirectories));

       try {
          return task1.Result;
       }
       catch (AggregateException ae) {
          ae.Handle( x => { // Handle an UnauthorizedAccessException
                            if (x is UnauthorizedAccessException) {
                                Console.WriteLine("You do not have permission to access all folders in this path.");
                                Console.WriteLine("See your network administrator or try another path.");
                            }
                            return x is UnauthorizedAccessException;
                          });
          return Array.Empty<String>();
       }
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//       You do not have permission to access all folders in this path.
//       See your network administrator or try another path.
//
//       ArgumentException: The path is not of a legal form.

Remarks

Each invocation of the predicate returns true or false to indicate whether the Exception was handled. After all invocations, if any exceptions went unhandled, all unhandled exceptions will be put into a new AggregateException which will be thrown. Otherwise, the Handle method simply returns. If any invocations of the predicate throws an exception, it will halt the processing of any more exceptions and immediately propagate the thrown exception as-is.

Applies to