CSharp - rethrow an exception

Introduction

The following is the format to rethrow an exception:

try
{
      //some code
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
     //some code e.g. log it now
     //Now rethrow it
     throw;
}

If you use throw ex instead of throw, it throws the current exception.

Demo

using System;

class Program//w  ww .  j a  va 2 s  .  c o m
{
    static int a = 100, b = 1, c;
    static void Divide(int a, int b)
    {
        try
        {
            b--;
            c = a / b;
            //some code
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("a={0} b={1}", a, b);
            Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", ex.Message);
            Console.WriteLine("StackTrace: {0}", ex.StackTrace);
            //Now rethrow it
            throw; //will throw the current exception
                   //throw  new ArithmeticException();//throwing the parent class exception
        }
    }
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            Divide(a, b);
            Console.WriteLine(" Main.Divide() is completed");
        }
        catch (DivideByZeroException ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\na={0} b={1}", a, b);
            Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", ex.Message);
            Console.WriteLine("StackTrace: {0}", ex.StackTrace);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("\nIn catch(Exception ex)");
            Console.WriteLine("a={0} b={1}", a, b);
            Console.WriteLine("Message: {0}", ex.Message);
            Console.WriteLine("StackTrace: {0}", ex.StackTrace);
        }
    }
}

CSharp - rethrow an exception

Introduction

Demo

Result

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