C# Exception TargetSite

Description

Exception TargetSite gets the method that throws the current exception.

Syntax

Exception.TargetSite has the following syntax.


public MethodBase TargetSite { get; }

Example

The following code example throws an Exception and then catches it and displays the originating method using the TargetSite property.


/*ww w . j  a  v a2s.co  m*/
using System;

class LogTableOverflowException : Exception
{
    const string overflowMessage = "The log table has overflowed.";

    public LogTableOverflowException( 
        string auxMessage, Exception inner ) :
            base( String.Format( "{0} - {1}", 
                overflowMessage, auxMessage ), inner )
    {
        this.HelpLink = "http://java2s.com";
        this.Source = "Exception_Class_Samples";
    }
}

class OverflowDemo 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
        try
        {
            throw new LogTableOverflowException( 
                String.Format( "Record \"{0}\" was not logged.", 
                    "aaa"), new Exception("asdf") );

        }
        catch( Exception ex )
        {

            Console.WriteLine( 
                "\nTargetSite ---\n{0}", ex.TargetSite );
        }
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.