FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs Class

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.ExceptionServices

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs.cs

Provides data for the notification event that is raised when a managed exception first occurs, before the common language runtime begins searching for event handlers.

public ref class FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs : EventArgs

public class FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs : EventArgs

type FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs = class
    inherit EventArgs

Public Class FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs
Inherits EventArgs

Inheritance

Object

EventArgs

FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs

Examples

The following example creates a series of application domains named Child_0 through Child_3, with a Worker object in each application domain. Each Worker object has a reference to the Worker object in the next application domain, except for the Worker in the last application domain. The FirstChanceException event is handled in all application domains except Child_1.

When the application domains have been created, the default application domain calls the TestException method for the first child application domain. Each Worker object calls the TestException method for the next, until the last Worker throws an exception that is either handled or unhandled. Thus, the current thread passes through all the application domains, and TestException is added to the stack in each application domain.

When the last Worker object handles the exception, the FirstChanceException event is raised only in the last application domain. The other application domains never get a chance to handle the exception, so the event is not raised.

When the last Worker object does not handle the exception, the FirstChanceException event is raised in each application domain that has an event handler. After each event handler has finished, the stack continues to unwind until the exception is caught by the default application domain.

Note

To see how the stack display grows as the event is raised closer and closer to the default application domain, change e.Exception.Message to e.Exception in the FirstChanceHandler event handlers. Notice that when TestException is called across application domain boundaries, it appears twice: once for the proxy and once for the stub.

using System;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.ExceptionServices;

class FirstChanceExceptionSnippet
{
    static void Main()
    {
        AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FirstChanceException += FirstChanceHandler;

        // Create a set of application domains, with a Worker object in each one.
        // Each Worker object creates the next application domain.
        AppDomain ad = AppDomain.CreateDomain("AD0");
        Worker w = (Worker) ad.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap(
                                typeof(Worker).Assembly.FullName, "Worker");
        w.Initialize(0, 3);

        Console.WriteLine("\r\nThe last application domain throws an exception and catches it:");
        Console.WriteLine();
        w.TestException(true);

        try
        {
            Console.WriteLine(
                "\r\nThe last application domain throws an exception and does not catch it:");
            Console.WriteLine();
            w.TestException(false);
        }
        catch (ArgumentException ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("ArgumentException caught in {0}: {1}",
                AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName, ex.Message);
        }
    }

    static void FirstChanceHandler(object source, FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("FirstChanceException event raised in {0}: {1}",
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName, e.Exception.Message);
    }
}

public class Worker : MarshalByRefObject
{
    private AppDomain ad = null;
    private Worker w = null;

    public void Initialize(int count, int max)
    {
        // Handle the FirstChanceException event in all application domains except
        // AD1.
        if (count != 1)
        {
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FirstChanceException += FirstChanceHandler;
        }

        // Create another application domain, until the maximum is reached.
        // Field w remains null in the last application domain, as a signal
        // to TestException().
        if (count < max)
        {
            int next = count + 1;
            ad = AppDomain.CreateDomain("AD" + next);
            w = (Worker) ad.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap(
                             typeof(Worker).Assembly.FullName, "Worker");
            w.Initialize(next, max);
        }
    }

    public void TestException(bool handled)
    {
        // As long as there is another application domain, call TestException() on
        // its Worker object. When the last application domain is reached, throw a
        // handled or unhandled exception.
        if (w != null)
        {
            w.TestException(handled);
        }
        else if (handled)
        {
            try
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Thrown in " + AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName);
            }
            catch (ArgumentException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("ArgumentException caught in {0}: {1}",
                    AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName, ex.Message);
            }
        }
        else
        {
            throw new ArgumentException("Thrown in " + AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName);
        }
    }

    static void FirstChanceHandler(object source, FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("FirstChanceException event raised in {0}: {1}",
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName, e.Exception.Message);
    }
}

/* This example produces output similar to the following:

The last application domain throws an exception and catches it:

FirstChanceException event raised in AD3: Thrown in AD3
ArgumentException caught in AD3: Thrown in AD3

The last application domain throws an exception and does not catch it:

FirstChanceException event raised in AD3: Thrown in AD3
FirstChanceException event raised in AD2: Thrown in AD3
FirstChanceException event raised in AD0: Thrown in AD3
FirstChanceException event raised in Example.exe: Thrown in AD3
ArgumentException caught in Example.exe: Thrown in AD3
 */

Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Runtime.ExceptionServices

Class Example

    Shared Sub Main()
    
        AddHandler AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FirstChanceException, AddressOf FirstChanceHandler

        ' Create a set of application domains, with a Worker object in each one.
        ' Each Worker object creates the next application domain.
        Dim ad As AppDomain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("AD0")
        Dim w As Worker = CType(ad.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap(
                                GetType(Worker).Assembly.FullName, "Worker"),
                                Worker)
        w.Initialize(0, 3)

        Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & "The last application domain throws an exception and catches it:")
        Console.WriteLine()
        w.TestException(true)

        Try
            Console.WriteLine(vbCrLf & 
                "The last application domain throws an exception and does not catch it:")
            Console.WriteLine()
            w.TestException(false) 

        Catch ex As ArgumentException
        
            Console.WriteLine("ArgumentException caught in {0}: {1}", 
                AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName, ex.Message)
        End Try
    End Sub

    Shared Sub FirstChanceHandler(ByVal source As Object, 
                                  ByVal e As FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs)
    
        Console.WriteLine("FirstChanceException event raised in {0}: {1}",
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName, e.Exception.Message)
    End Sub
End Class

Public Class Worker
    Inherits MarshalByRefObject

    Private ad As AppDomain = Nothing
    Private w As Worker = Nothing

    Public Sub Initialize(ByVal count As Integer, ByVal max As Integer)
    
        ' Handle the FirstChanceException event in all application domains except
        ' AD1.
        If count <> 1
        
            AddHandler AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FirstChanceException, AddressOf FirstChanceHandler

        End If

        ' Create another application domain, until the maximum is reached.
        ' Field w remains Nothing in the last application domain, as a signal 
        ' to TestException(). 
        If count < max
            Dim nextAD As Integer = count + 1
            ad = AppDomain.CreateDomain("AD" & nextAD)
            w = CType(ad.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap(
                      GetType(Worker).Assembly.FullName, "Worker"),
                      Worker)
            w.Initialize(nextAD, max)
        End If
    End Sub

    Public Sub TestException(ByVal handled As Boolean)
    
        ' As long as there is another application domain, call TestException() on
        ' its Worker object. When the last application domain is reached, throw a
        ' handled or unhandled exception.
        If w IsNot Nothing
        
            w.TestException(handled)

        Else If handled
        
            Try
                Throw New ArgumentException("Thrown in " & AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName)

            Catch ex As ArgumentException
            
                Console.WriteLine("ArgumentException caught in {0}: {1}", 
                    AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName, ex.Message)
            End Try
        Else
        
            Throw New ArgumentException("Thrown in " & AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName)
        End If
    End Sub

    Shared Sub FirstChanceHandler(ByVal source As Object, 
                                  ByVal e As FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs)
    
        Console.WriteLine("FirstChanceException event raised in {0}: {1}",
            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName, e.Exception.Message)
    End Sub
End Class

' This example produces output similar to the following:
'
'The last application domain throws an exception and catches it:
'
'FirstChanceException event raised in AD3: Thrown in AD3
'ArgumentException caught in AD3: Thrown in AD3
'
'The last application domain throws an exception and does not catch it:
'
'FirstChanceException event raised in AD3: Thrown in AD3
'FirstChanceException event raised in AD2: Thrown in AD3
'FirstChanceException event raised in AD0: Thrown in AD3
'FirstChanceException event raised in Example.exe: Thrown in AD3
'ArgumentException caught in Example.exe: Thrown in AD3

Remarks

This class provides the exception handler for the AppDomain.FirstChanceException event with access to the exception.

Constructors

FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs(Exception)

Initializes a new instance of the FirstChanceExceptionEventArgs class with a specified exception.

Properties

Exception

The managed exception object that corresponds to the exception thrown in managed code.

Methods

Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode()	Serves as the default hash function. (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()	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)

See also

• FirstChanceException