In .NET, is it more appropriate to throw an argument null exception for an Integer if the value is Integer.MinValue or Integer = 0 (assuming that 0 is not a valid value)?
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In .NET, is it more appropriate to throw an argument null exception for an Integer if the value is Integer.MinValue or Integer = 0 (assuming that 0 is not a valid value)?
Throwing an ArgumentNullException isn’t appropriate unless the argument is actually null. Throw an ArgumentOutOfRangeException instead (preferably with a message informing the user what values of int are actually acceptable).