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ASP.NET Basics Part 10: Making Exceptions
By: Harish Kamath (c) Melonfire
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    2004-01-19

    Table of Contents:
  • ASP.NET Basics Part 10: Making Exceptions
  • Word Games
  • Exceptionally Clever
  • A Custom Job
  • You Throw(), I'll Catch()
  • The More, the Merrier
  • Sending It to the Bitbucket
  • Rolling Your Own
  • Meeting the Family
  • All Wrapped Up
  • Digging Deeper
  • Endgame

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    ASP.NET Basics Part 10: Making Exceptions - Sending It to the Bitbucket


    (Page 7 of 12 )

    Now, the "try" statement can only deal with exceptions that it knows about. What about the ones the developer can't predict? Well, it's possible to use the generic keyword "Exception" to handle *any* type of exception generated by the application. The following code snippet illustrates this technique:


    <script language="c#" runat="server">
    void 
    Page_Load
    ()
    {   
    <
    P align=left
    <
    P align=leftstring [] desserts = new string[5];
    <
    P align=left
    <
    P align=left> try {
      
    // try to access an element which 
    doesn't exist
      desserts[7] = "tiramisu";
     } catch 
    (Exception e) {
      

    <P align=left>  // do nothing 
     }
     

    <P align=left> // carry on with our work
     Response.Write("Really, 
    the dessert was the best part of this meal!");


    </script>
    <html>
    <head></head>
    <body>
    </body>
    </html>

    In this case, it doesn't matter what type of exception is generated – the generic handler will catch it, ignore it and continue to process the rest of the script. Here's what the output might look like:

    It should be noted, however, that this approach, although extremely simple, is *not* recommended for general use. It is poor programming practice to trap all errors, regardless of type, and ignore them; it is far better - and more professional - to anticipate the likely errors ahead of time, and use the "try-catch" construct to isolate and resolve them.

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