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Exceptions

Marc

When looking at code, what is the best way to determine what exception might be thrown during runtime? Right now this old code has a very general exception try, catch block so I am trying to cover all my bases without making a general exception.

I should point out that I can't debug because its running hand in hand with the database, so it will call multiple errors.

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Vulpes11y ago
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In the case of .NET Framework methods, what I do is to check on MSDN what exceptions may be thrown by the method and decide which ones I want to catch individually.

So, for example, if you're using the StreamReader constructor, this page lists the possible exceptions you may get:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f2ke0fzy(v=vs.110).aspx
Marc11y ago
Thanks Vulpes. That helps me figure out what exceptions might be thrown.