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Exception Class

Definition

Represents errors that occur during application execution.

public class Exception
public class Exception : System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ClassInterface(System.Runtime.InteropServices.ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)]
[System.Serializable]
public class Exception : System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable
[System.Serializable]
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ClassInterface(System.Runtime.InteropServices.ClassInterfaceType.None)]
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
public class Exception : System.Runtime.InteropServices._Exception, System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable
Inheritance
Exception
Derived
Attributes
Implements

Remarks

For more information about this API, see Supplemental API remarks for Exception.

Constructors

Exception()

Initializes a new instance of the Exception class.

Exception(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext)
Obsolete.

Initializes a new instance of the Exception class with serialized data.

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.

Exception(String)

Initializes a new instance of the Exception class with a specified error message.

Properties

Data

Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception.

HelpLink

Gets or sets a link to the help file associated with this exception.

HResult

Gets or sets HRESULT, a coded numerical value that is assigned to a specific exception.

InnerException

Gets the Exception instance that caused the current exception.

Message

Gets a message that describes the current exception.

Source

Gets or sets the name of the application or the object that causes the error.

StackTrace

Gets a string representation of the immediate frames on the call stack.

TargetSite

Gets the method that throws the current exception.

Methods

Equals(Object)

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

(Inherited from Object)
GetBaseException()

When overridden in a derived class, returns the Exception that is the root cause of one or more subsequent exceptions.

GetHashCode()

Serves as the default hash function.

(Inherited from Object)
GetObjectData(SerializationInfo, StreamingContext)
Obsolete.

When overridden in a derived class, sets the SerializationInfo with information about the exception.

GetType()

Gets the runtime type of the current instance.

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.

Events

SerializeObjectState
Obsolete.

Occurs when an exception is serialized to create an exception state object that contains serialized data about the exception.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also