ExceptionExtensions

Namespace: SnowBank.Runtime · class

Helper methods for working with exceptions

Methods

GetFirstConcreteException

static Exception GetFirstConcreteException(AggregateException self)

Returns the first non-aggregate exception in the tree of inner-exceptions of an AggregateException

• self — AggregateException to unfold

Returns: First exception found by walking the tree of InnerExceptions that is not itself an AggregateException

IsFatalError

static bool IsFatalError(Exception self)

Tests if this is considered to be a "fatal" error that cannot be handled by a local catch block

Returns: true if self is of type ThreadAbortException, OutOfMemoryException, StackOverflowException, or an AggregateException that contains either one of these types

IsLikelyBug

static bool IsLikelyBug(Exception self)

Tests if this type of exception is likely to be caused by a bug, and should be handled with more scrutiny (addintional logging, intentional debugger break, ...)

Returns: true if self is of type NullReferenceException, ArgumentNullException, ArgumentOutOfRangeException, IndexOutOfRangeException or any suspicious type.

Errors that are considered "critical" (ex: , , ...) are matched by

Unwrap

static Exception Unwrap(AggregateException self)

Rethrows the first non-aggregate exception in the tree of inner-exceptions of an AggregateException

• self — AggregateException to unfold