Question

How is it possible to resume code execution after an exception is thrown?

For example, take the following code:

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    public class Test
    {
        public void s()
        {
            throw new NotSupportedException();
            string @class = "" ;
            Console.WriteLine(@class);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }

    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                new Test().s();
            }
            catch (ArgumentException x)
            {
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
            }
        }
    }
}

After catching the exception when stepping through, the program will stop running. How can I still carry on execution?

EDIT: What I specifically mean is the line Console.WriteLine(@class); does not seem to be hit, because when I run to it when in debug mode, the program exits from debug mode. I want to run to this line and stop at it.

Thanks

Answer 1

Well, you don’t have any code after the catch blocks, so the program would stop running. Not sure what you’re trying to do.

The following should be proof that the program doesn’t simply “stop” after the catch blocks. It will execute code after the catch blocks if there is code to be executed:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    try
    {
        new Test().s();
    }
    catch (ArgumentException x)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("ArgumentException caught!");
    }
    catch (Exception ex) 
    { 
        Console.WriteLine("Exception caught!");
    }

    Console.WriteLine("I am some code that's running after the exception!");
}

The code will print the appropriate string depending on the exception that was caught. Then, it will print I am some code that's running after the exception! at the end.

UPDATE

In your edit you asked why Console.WriteLine(@class); does not seem to be hit. The reason is that you are explicitly throwing an exception in the very first line of your s() method; anything that follows is ignored. When an exception is encountered, execution stops and the exception is propagated up the call stack until the appropriate handler can handle it (this may be a catch block that corresponds to the try that wraps the statement in question within the same method, or it may be a catch block further up the call-stack. If no appropriate handler is found, the program will terminate with a stacktrace [at least in Java – not sure if the same happens in C#]).

If you want to hit the Console.WriteLine line, then you shouldn’t be explicitly throwing an exception at the beginning of the method.