Incorrect stacktrace by rethrow

Question

I rethrow an exception with \"throw;\", but the stacktrace is incorrect:

static void Main(string[] args) {
    try {
        try {
            throw new Exce         


        

Answer 1

You can preserve stack trace using

ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(ex);

Here is code sample:

    static void CallAndThrow()
    {
        throw new ApplicationException("Test app ex", new Exception("Test inner ex"));
    }

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            try
            {
                try
                {
                    CallAndThrow();
                }
                catch (Exception ex)
                {
                    var dispatchException = ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(ex);

                    // rollback tran, etc

                    dispatchException.Throw();
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                var dispatchException = ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(ex);

                // other rollbacks

                dispatchException.Throw();
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            Console.WriteLine(ex.InnerException.Message);
            Console.WriteLine(ex.StackTrace);
        }

        Console.ReadLine();
    }

The output will be something like:

Test app ex
Test inner ex
   at TestApp.Program.CallAndThrow() in D:\Projects\TestApp\TestApp\Program.cs:line 19
   at TestApp.Program.Main(String[] args) in D:\Projects\TestApp\TestApp\Program.cs:line 30
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at TestApp.Program.Main(String[] args) in D:\Projects\TestApp\TestApp\Program.cs:line 38
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at TestApp.Program.Main(String[] args) in D:\Projects\TestApp\TestApp\Program.cs:line 47