Question

catch(Exception ex)
{
    //do what you want here

    //When type of exception is System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException
    //if (ex.Code.Name.Equals("Client"))
    //{
    //      msg = "service's function not exist";
    //}
    //else if (ex.Code.Name.Equals("Server"))
    //{
    //     msg = "function error"
    //}
    //else
    //{
    //     msg = "unknown";
    //}
    //MessageBox.Show(msg, "error", MessageBoxButtons.OK);

**But ex is not System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException so I cannot call ex.Code.Name.Equals("Client")**


//When System.Net.WebException
//switch (ex.Status)
//{
//   case System.Net.WebExceptionStatus.ConnectFailure:
//              do some thing
                break;
//   case System.Net.WebExceptionStatus.Timeout:
                //do some thing
                break;
//    case System.Net.WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError:
            switch (((System.Net.HttpWebResponse)ex.Response).StatusCode)
            {
                  case System.Net.HttpStatusCode.NotFound:
                        //do some thing
                        break;
                    case System.Net.HttpStatusCode.ServiceUnavailable:
                        //do some thing
                        break;
                    case System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized:
                        //do some thing
                        break;
                    default:
                        //do some thing
                        break;
                }
                break;
            default:
                //do some thing
                break;
        }
}

But Exception is not System.Net.WebException. So cannot call ex.Status

My problem:

I have a Smartclient software include WindowsForm as client and a webservice as server.
Client and Server both are n-tiers application
I have tested and found that has any problem when call service from Client

1. in app.config: service’s path wrrong . I catch System.NotSupportedException
2. Or when the server cannot connect: System.Net.WebExceptionStatus
3. Server’s webconfig is wrong : System.InvalidOperationException
4. Service throws an exception: System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException
   …

My Idea

I call the Exception that as representative of all other exception types is representativeAlException

I have namespace : Common and two classese representativeAlException.cs and BusinessExceptionHandler.cs

Make a common function with a param as (representativeAlException ex)

            try
            {
                Err_LogCheck.Service1.Service1 service = new Err_LogCheck.Service1.Service1();
                return service.getDeviceByZero(ZERO);
            }
            catch (Common.representativeAlException ex)
            {
                Common.BusinessExceptionHandler.ProcessException(ex);
            }

What I want to do

Where the service is called. Only one catch block can handler for all type of Exception

in ProcessException(representativeAlException ex) function

switch (ex)
{
case System.InvalidOperationException:
 //Do some thing
 break;
case System.NotSupportedException:
 //Do some thing
 break;
case System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException:
 //do some thing
 break;
...
...

Answer 1

To handle all exception, use Exception class.

try
{

}
catch(Exception ex)
{
     switch (ex.GetType().ToString())
     {
         case "System.InvalidOperationException":
              //cast ex to specific type of exception to use it's properties
              ((InvalidOperationException)ex).SomeMethod();
         break;
         case "System.NotSupportedException":
             ((System.NotSupportedException)ex).AnotherMethod();
         break;
         case "System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException":
             ((System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException)ex).OtherMethod();
         break;
     }

}

Why can’t you just use multiple catch block anyway?