User-Defined Exceptions
So far, this chapter has discussed only system-defined exception classes. However, C# also supports user-defined exception classes. These are exception classes that the users declare. This ensures that applications can be customized to produce application-specific error messages when exceptions are thrown during program execution.
There are a few restrictions on user-defined exception classes. These classes must declare the most commonly used constructors and the class name must end with the word “Exception.” It is also recommended that all user-defined exceptions be grouped under a separate namespace to enable better organization of all exception classes.
Listing 9.4 demonstrates a user-defined exception class.
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