Chapter 11 Quick Reference

To	Do this
Generate an exception.	Use the throw keyword, using a pointer to a managed type as the argument. For example: throw new SomeException();
Catch an exception.	Use the try and catch construct, surrounding the code that might fail with a try block, followed by one or more catch blocks. For example: try { // code that might fail } catch(SomeException* pce) { // handle the exception }
Catch more than one exception.	Chain catch blocks together. For example: catch(SomeException* pce) { // handle the exception } catch(SomeOtherException* pce) { // handle the exception }
Catch a family of exceptions.	Use the base class of the exceptions you want to catch in the catch block; for example, ArithmeticException will catch DivideByZeroException and several others.
Catch every exception.	Use a catch block that takes Exception* as a parameter, which will catch every type that is derived from Exception.
Handle exceptions at more than one point in a program.	Use throw to rethrow exceptions from one catch block to another.
Create your own exceptions.	Derive from the Exception class, adding your own members.