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're using Visual C++ (managed), you can use the GetType() method to get the type of exception and handle it from there.

E.g.

try
    {
        // Run the application
        Application::Run(mainForm);
    }
    catch (Exception^ e)
    {
        String^ exception_type = e->GetType()->ToString();
        throw;
    }

The string will contain something like "System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException".