Looking for the right exception?
December 16th, 2005
This is mostly for my own reference; I am usually looking for the right exception to throw so here is a single list with everything deriving from System.Exception nicely nested and linked:
System.Object
System.Exception
System.ApplicationException
System.Reflection.InvalidFilterCriteriaException
System.Reflection.TargetException
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException
System.Reflection.TargetParameterCountException
System.IO.IsolatedStorage.IsolatedStorageException
System.Runtime.Remoting.MetadataServices.SUDSGeneratorException
System.Runtime.Remoting.MetadataServices.SUDSParserException
System.SystemException
System.AppDomainUnloadedException
System.ArgumentException
System.ArgumentNullException
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException
System.ComponentModel.InvalidEnumArgumentException
System.DuplicateWaitObjectException
System.ArithmeticException
System.DivideByZeroException
System.NotFiniteNumberException
System.OverflowException
System.ArrayTypeMismatchException
System.BadImageFormatException
System.CannotUnloadAppDomainException
System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerException
System.ComponentModel.LicenseException
System.ComponentModel.WarningException
System.Configuration.ConfigurationException
System.Configuration.Install.InstallException
System.ContextMarshalException
System.Data.DataException
System.Data.ConstraintException
System.Data.DeletedRowInaccessibleException
System.Data.DuplicateNameException
System.Data.InRowChangingEventException
System.Data.InvalidConstraintException
System.Data.InvalidExpressionException
System.Data.EvaluateException
System.Data.SyntaxErrorException
System.Data.MissingPrimaryKeyException
System.Data.NoNullAllowedException
System.Data.ReadOnlyException
System.Data.RowNotInTableException
System.Data.StrongTypingException
System.Data.TypedDataSetGeneratorException
System.Data.VersionNotFoundException
System.Data.DBConcurrencyException
System.Data.Odbc.OdbcException
System.Data.OracleClient.OracleException
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException
System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeException
System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlTypeException
System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlNullValueException
System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlTruncateException
System.Drawing.Printing.InvalidPrinterException
System.EnterpriseServices.RegistrationException
System.EnterpriseServices.ServicedComponentException
System.ExecutionEngineException
System.FormatException
System.Net.CookieException
System.Reflection.CustomAttributeFormatException
System.UriFormatException
System.IndexOutOfRangeException
System.InvalidCastException
System.InvalidOperationException
System.Net.ProtocolViolationException
System.Net.WebException
System.ObjectDisposedException
System.InvalidProgramException
System.IO.InternalBufferOverflowException
System.IO.IOException
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException
System.IO.EndOfStreamException
System.IO.FileLoadException
System.IO.FileNotFoundException
System.IO.PathTooLongException
System.Management.ManagementException
System.MemberAccessException
System.FieldAccessException
System.MethodAccessException
System.MissingMemberException
System.MissingFieldException
System.MissingMethodException
System.MulticastNotSupportedException
System.NotImplementedException
System.NotSupportedException
System.PlatformNotSupportedException
System.NullReferenceException
System.OutOfMemoryException
System.RankException
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException
System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException
System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException
System.ComponentModel.Design.CheckoutException
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException
System.Messaging.MessageQueueException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException
System.Web.HttpException
System.Web.HttpCompileException
System.Web.HttpParseException
System.Web.HttpRequestValidationException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.InvalidComObjectException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.InvalidOleVariantTypeException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalDirectiveException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeArrayRankMismatchException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeArrayTypeMismatchException
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingException
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingTimeoutException
System.Runtime.Remoting.ServerException
System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicUnexpectedOperationException
System.Security.Policy.PolicyException
System.Security.SecurityException
System.Security.VerificationException
System.Security.XmlSyntaxException
System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException
System.StackOverflowException
System.Threading.SynchronizationLockException
System.Threading.ThreadAbortException
System.Threading.ThreadInterruptedException
System.Threading.ThreadStateException
System.TypeInitializationException
System.TypeLoadException
System.DllNotFoundException
System.EntryPointNotFoundException
System.TypeUnloadedException
System.UnauthorizedAccessException
System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException
System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHeaderException
System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaException
System.Xml.XmlException
System.Xml.XPath.XPathException
System.Xml.Xsl.XsltException
System.Xml.Xsl.XsltCompileException
System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.InvalidActiveXStateException
System.Exception
System.ApplicationException
System.Reflection.InvalidFilterCriteriaException
System.Reflection.TargetException
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException
System.Reflection.TargetParameterCountException
System.IO.IsolatedStorage.IsolatedStorageException
System.Runtime.Remoting.MetadataServices.SUDSGeneratorException
System.Runtime.Remoting.MetadataServices.SUDSParserException
System.SystemException
System.AppDomainUnloadedException
System.ArgumentException
System.ArgumentNullException
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException
System.ComponentModel.InvalidEnumArgumentException
System.DuplicateWaitObjectException
System.ArithmeticException
System.DivideByZeroException
System.NotFiniteNumberException
System.OverflowException
System.ArrayTypeMismatchException
System.BadImageFormatException
System.CannotUnloadAppDomainException
System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerException
System.ComponentModel.LicenseException
System.ComponentModel.WarningException
System.Configuration.ConfigurationException
System.Configuration.Install.InstallException
System.ContextMarshalException
System.Data.DataException
System.Data.ConstraintException
System.Data.DeletedRowInaccessibleException
System.Data.DuplicateNameException
System.Data.InRowChangingEventException
System.Data.InvalidConstraintException
System.Data.InvalidExpressionException
System.Data.EvaluateException
System.Data.SyntaxErrorException
System.Data.MissingPrimaryKeyException
System.Data.NoNullAllowedException
System.Data.ReadOnlyException
System.Data.RowNotInTableException
System.Data.StrongTypingException
System.Data.TypedDataSetGeneratorException
System.Data.VersionNotFoundException
System.Data.DBConcurrencyException
System.Data.Odbc.OdbcException
System.Data.OracleClient.OracleException
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException
System.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeException
System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlTypeException
System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlNullValueException
System.Data.SqlTypes.SqlTruncateException
System.Drawing.Printing.InvalidPrinterException
System.EnterpriseServices.RegistrationException
System.EnterpriseServices.ServicedComponentException
System.ExecutionEngineException
System.FormatException
System.Net.CookieException
System.Reflection.CustomAttributeFormatException
System.UriFormatException
System.IndexOutOfRangeException
System.InvalidCastException
System.InvalidOperationException
System.Net.ProtocolViolationException
System.Net.WebException
System.ObjectDisposedException
System.InvalidProgramException
System.IO.InternalBufferOverflowException
System.IO.IOException
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException
System.IO.EndOfStreamException
System.IO.FileLoadException
System.IO.FileNotFoundException
System.IO.PathTooLongException
System.Management.ManagementException
System.MemberAccessException
System.FieldAccessException
System.MethodAccessException
System.MissingMemberException
System.MissingFieldException
System.MissingMethodException
System.MulticastNotSupportedException
System.NotImplementedException
System.NotSupportedException
System.PlatformNotSupportedException
System.NullReferenceException
System.OutOfMemoryException
System.RankException
System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException
System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException
System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException
System.ComponentModel.Design.CheckoutException
System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException
System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException
System.Messaging.MessageQueueException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException
System.Web.HttpException
System.Web.HttpCompileException
System.Web.HttpParseException
System.Web.HttpRequestValidationException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.InvalidComObjectException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.InvalidOleVariantTypeException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalDirectiveException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeArrayRankMismatchException
System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeArrayTypeMismatchException
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingException
System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingTimeoutException
System.Runtime.Remoting.ServerException
System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationException
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicUnexpectedOperationException
System.Security.Policy.PolicyException
System.Security.SecurityException
System.Security.VerificationException
System.Security.XmlSyntaxException
System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException
System.StackOverflowException
System.Threading.SynchronizationLockException
System.Threading.ThreadAbortException
System.Threading.ThreadInterruptedException
System.Threading.ThreadStateException
System.TypeInitializationException
System.TypeLoadException
System.DllNotFoundException
System.EntryPointNotFoundException
System.TypeUnloadedException
System.UnauthorizedAccessException
System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException
System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHeaderException
System.Xml.Schema.XmlSchemaException
System.Xml.XmlException
System.Xml.XPath.XPathException
System.Xml.Xsl.XsltException
System.Xml.Xsl.XsltCompileException
System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.InvalidActiveXStateException
