Determining exception type after the exception is caught?

Question

Is there a way to determine the exception type even know you caught the exception with a catch all?

Example:

try
{
   SomeBigFunction();
}
catch(...)         


        

Answer 1

If you need to handle exceptions differently based on what they are, you should be catching specific exceptions. If there are groups of exceptions that all need to be handled identically, deriving them from a common base class and catching the base class would be the way to go. Leverage the power and paradigms of the language, don't fight against them!