EXCEPTION HANDLING

OVERVIEW

1. Errors in C#
2. Exception Handling in C#
3. Exception Handling Keywords
4. Types of Exceptions in C#
 ERRORS IN C#
Types of Errors in C#
 When we write and execute our code in the .NET framework then there is a possibility of two types of error
occurrences. They are as follows:
 Compilation Errors
 Runtime Errors
 Compilation Error in C#
 The error that occurs in a program at the time of compilation is known as a compilation error (compile-
time error). These errors occur due to syntactical mistakes in the program.
 Runtime Error in C#
 The errors which are occurred at the time of program execution are called runtime errors. These errors
occurred at runtime due to various reasons such as when we are entering the wrong data into a variable,
trying to open a file for which there is no permission, trying to connect to the database with the wrong user
id and password, the wrong implementation of logic, and missing required resources, etc.
 EXCEPTION HANDLING IN C#

 Exception Handling in C# is a process to handle runtime errors.

 We perform exception handling so that normal flow of the application can be maintained even after runtime
errors.
 In C#, exception is an event or object which is thrown at runtime.
 All exceptions are derived from System.Exception class.
 It is a runtime error which can be handled.
 If we don't handle the exception, it prints exception message and terminates the program.
 The main advantage of exception handling is that It maintains the normal flow of the application. In such
case, rest of the code is executed event after exception.
 There are two methods to handle the exception in .NET
 Logical Implementation
 Try Catch Implementation
C# EXCEPTION HANDLING KEYWORDS

In C#, we use 4 keywords to perform exception handling:

 try
 catch
 finally, and
 throw
 Try/Catch
• In C# programming, exception handling is performed by try/catch statement.
• The try block in C# is used to place the code that may throw exception.
• The catch block is used to handle the exception. The catch block must be preceded by try block.
Sample Program
using System;
public class ExExample
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
int a = 10;
int b = 0;
int x = a / b;
}
catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine(e); }
Console.WriteLine("Rest of the code");
}
}
 Finally
• C# finally block is used to execute important code which is to be executed whether exception is handled
or not.
• It must be preceded by catch or try block.
using System;
public class ExExample
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
int a = 10;
int b = 0;
int x = a / b;
}
catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine(e); }
finally { Console.WriteLine("Finally block is executed"); }
Console.WriteLine("Rest of the code");
}
}
C# EXCEPTION HANDLING KEYWORDS

• We can use try-catch-finally in three different ways. They are as follows:

• Try and Catch: In this case, the exception will be handled and stop the abnormal
termination.
• Try, Catch, and Finally: In this case, the exception will be handled, and stopping the
abnormal termination along with the statements that are placed within the “finally” block
gets executed at any cost.
• Try and Finally: In this case, abnormal will not stop when a runtime error occurs because
exceptions are not handled but even if an abnormal termination occurs also finally blocks
get executed.
TYPES OF EXCEPTIONS IN C#:

• There are two types of exceptions in C#

 System Exception: These exceptions are caused
by the CLR.
 Application Exception: These exceptions are
caused by the programmer.
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