.NET Patterns: Architecture, Design, and Process

Exception Handling

Those already familiar with Java exception handling should feel quite comfortable with the .NET implementation. In fact, if you are reading this book, you should already be throwing and catching exceptions in your code. However, I would like to go over some “advanced-basics” in the area of exception handling before we move on to creating a “base exception” class (sprinkled with a few implementation patterns). Error, or exception handling is one of those things that everyone does but unfortunately, few do it very well. With robust handling, logging, and display, your applications will better stand the test of time and should save you hours in product support. From here forward, I use the word exception in place of error, and ...