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Exception Handling in C Sharp

Anonymous User8945 14-Jul-2010

Handling of error occurring at Run-time is known as Exception handling. Exception handling is a way to prevent application from crashing.

C# provides three keywords to handle exceptions.

·         try

·         catch

·         finally

The try block

The lines of code which we think can generate error; we put them in try block. If exception is raised code compilation is transferred to catch block.

The catch block

When exception occurs code compilation is transferred to catch block and code inside catch block is executed. We can have more than one catch block for one try block.

The finally block

Finally block is executed after try block regardless of the occurrence of error. Finally block contains all cleanup codes. For example, if there is no need of open connection to the database after try block we can write code for connection close in finally block.

Example

This code is written inside try block, as there is possibility that we could be trying to insert same record already present in database with unique attribute or connection to the database is not open.

try
   {
   System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommandBuilder cb;
   cb = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommandBuilder(da);
   DataRow dr = dt.Rows[count];
   dr[0] = txtId.Text;
   dr[1] = txtName.Text;
   dr[2] = txtAddress.Text;
   da.Update(ds, "Employee");
   MessageBox.Show("Data Updates");
    }

Catch block will catch any error occurred in try block and display message box with exception detail.

  catch (Exception ex)
    {
      MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
  }

Finally block will be executed regardless of error occurred or not.

            finally
            {
                con.Close();
            }
There should be no code between these blocks.  

Following are some common exception classes.

Exception Class

Causes

SystemException

A failed run-time checks; used as a base class for other.

AccessException

Failure to access a type member, such as a method or field.

ArgumentException

An argument to a method was invalid.

ArgumentNullException

A null argument was passed to a method that doesn't accept it.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Argument value is out of range.

ArithmeticException

Arithmetic over - or underflow has occurred.

ArrayTypeMismatchException

Attempt to store the wrong type of object in an array.

BadImageFormatException

Image is in the wrong format.

CoreException

Base class for exceptions thrown by the runtime.

DivideByZeroException

 An attempt was made to divide by zero.

FormatException

The format of an argument is wrong.

IndexOutOfRangeException

An array index is out of bounds.

InvalidCastExpression

An attempt was made to cast to an invalid class.

InvalidOperationException

A method was called at an invalid time.

MissingMemberException

An invalid version of a DLL was accessed.

NotFiniteNumberException

A number is not valid.

NotSupportedException

Indicates that a class does not implement a method.

NullReferenceException

Attempt to use an unassigned reference.

OutOfMemoryException

Not enough memory to continue execution.

StackOverflowException

A stack has over flown.

 


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