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class System.​ArgumentException

Assembly: System.Runtime

Inheritance: object → ExceptionSystemException → ArgumentException

Implemented Interfaces

The exception that is thrown when one of the arguments provided to a method is not valid.

Properties

public string
Message
Gets the error message and the parameter name, or only the error message if no parameter name is set.
public string
ParamName
Gets the name of the parameter that causes this exception.
public IDictionary
Data
Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception.
public string
HelpLink
Gets or sets a link to the help file associated with this exception.
public int
HResult
Gets or sets HRESULT, a coded numerical value that is assigned to a specific exception.
public Exception
InnerException
Gets the <see cref="T:System.Exception" /> instance that caused the current exception.
public string
Source
Gets or sets the name of the application or the object that causes the error.
public string
StackTrace
Gets a string representation of the immediate frames on the call stack.
public MethodBase
TargetSite
Gets the method that throws the current exception.

Methods

public void
GetObjectData​(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
Sets the <see cref="T:System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo" /> object with the parameter name and additional exception information.
info The object that holds the serialized object data.
context The contextual information about the source or destination.
public static void
ThrowIfNullOrEmpty​(string argument, string paramName = null)
Throws an exception if <paramref name="argument" /> is <see langword="null" /> or empty.
argument The string argument to validate as non- <see langword="null" /> and non-empty.
paramName The name of the parameter with which <paramref name="argument" /> corresponds.
public static void
ThrowIfNullOrWhiteSpace​(string argument, string paramName = null)
Throws an exception if <paramref name="argument" /> is <see langword="null" /> , empty, or consists only of white-space characters.
argument The string argument to validate.
paramName The name of the parameter with which <paramref name="argument" /> corresponds.
public Exception
GetBaseException​()
Inherited from Exception
When overridden in a derived class, returns the <see cref="T:System.Exception" /> that is the root cause of one or more subsequent exceptions.
Returns The first exception thrown in a chain of exceptions. If the <see cref="P:System.Exception.InnerException" /> property of the current exception is a null reference ( <see langword="Nothing" /> in Visual Basic), this property returns the current exception.
public Type
GetType​()
Inherited from Exception
Gets the runtime type of the current instance.
Returns A <see cref="T:System.Type" /> object that represents the exact runtime type of the current instance.
public string
ToString​()
Inherited from Exception
Creates and returns a string representation of the current exception.
Returns A string representation of the current exception.
public bool
Equals​(object obj)
Inherited from object
Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.
Returns <see langword="true" /> if the specified object is equal to the current object; otherwise, <see langword="false" /> .
obj The object to compare with the current object.
protected void
Finalize​()
Inherited from object
Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection.
public int
GetHashCode​()
Inherited from object
Serves as the default hash function.
Returns A hash code for the current object.
public Type
GetType​()
Inherited from object
Gets the <see cref="T:System.Type" /> of the current instance.
Returns The exact runtime type of the current instance.
protected object
MemberwiseClone​()
Inherited from object
Creates a shallow copy of the current <see cref="T:System.Object" /> .
Returns A shallow copy of the current <see cref="T:System.Object" /> .