Question

I am trying to serialize an Exception object in C#. However, it appears that it is impossible since the Exception class is not marked as [Serializable]. Is there a way to work around that?

If something goes wrong during the execution of the application, I want to be informed with the exception that occurred.

My first reflex is to serialize it.

Answer 1

What I’ve done before is create a custom Error class. This encapsulates all the relevant information about an Exception and is XML serializable.

[Serializable] public class Error {     public DateTime TimeStamp { get; set; }     public string Message { get; set; }     public string StackTrace { get; set; }      public Error()     {         this.TimeStamp = DateTime.Now;     }      public Error(string Message) : this()     {         this.Message = Message;     }      public Error(System.Exception ex) : this(ex.Message)     {         this.StackTrace = ex.StackTrace;     }      public override string ToString()     {         return this.Message + this.StackTrace;     } }