Getting all messages from InnerException(s)?

Question

Is there any way to write a LINQ style \"short hand\" code for walking to all levels of InnerException(s) of Exception thrown? I would prefer to write it in place instead of

Answer 1

You mean something like this?

public static class Extensions
{
    public static IEnumerable GetInnerExceptions(this Exception ex)
    {
        if (ex == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException("ex");
        }

        var innerException = ex;
        do
        {
            yield return innerException;
            innerException = innerException.InnerException;
        }
        while (innerException != null);
    }
}

This way you could LINQ over your entire exceptions hierarchy, like this:

exception.GetInnerExceptions().Where(e => e.Message == "Oops!");