.NET Patterns: Architecture, Design, and Process

Building a Base Exception Class

Recording an error message does not necessarily have to be fast. I am not saying you should ignore sound design practices and provide a sloppy means of error logging. What I am saying is that your exception handling should concentrate on providing the best options for recording errors and not necessarily the fastest means of handling them. When an application fails and it begins to throw exceptions, its performance takes a back seat to that of dealing with the error itself. This is not always the case, because there are systems that require fast failing. However, the majority of the systems I have built required that the framework allow the best means of solving the problem. The first and best option for solving ...