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Get thrown exception in finally block

Asked 2010-01-14T08:37:41.263
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Is there a way, how to get currently thrown exception (if exists)?

I would like reduce amount of code and apply some reuse for task looks like:

Exception thrownException = null;
try {
    // some code with 3rd party classes, which can throw unexpected exceptions
}
catch( Exception exc ) {
    thrownException = exc;
    LogException( exc );
}
finally {
    if ( null == thrownException ) {
        // some code
    }
    else {
        // some code
    }
}

and replace it with this code:

using( ExceptionHelper.LogException() ) {
    // some code with 3rd party classes, which can throw unexpected exceptions
}
using( new ExceptionHelper { ExceptionAction = ()=> /*some cleaning code*/ } ) {
    // some code with 3rd party classes, which can throw unexpected exceptions
}

public class ExceptiohHelper : IDisposable {
    public static ExceptionHelper LogException() {
        return new ExceptionHelper();
    }

    public Action SuccessfulAction {get; set;}
    public Action ExceptionAction {get; set;}

    public void Dispose() {
        Action action;
        Exception thrownException = TheMethodIDontKnow();
        if ( null != thrownException ) {
            LogException( thrownException );
            action = this.ExceptionAction;
        }
        else {
            action = this.SuccessfulAction;
        }

        if ( null != action ) {
            action();
        }
    }
}

Is this scenario posible?

Thanks

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The idea is that you handle exceptions in the catch block...

That said, Exception is a reference type, so you can always declare an Exception variable outside the try scope...

Exception dontDoThis;
try
{
    foo.DoSomething();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
    dontDoThis = e;
}
finally
{
    // use dontDoThis...
}
answered 2010-01-14T08:43:05.523

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