TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException event handler never being triggered

Question

I\'m reading through a book about the C# Task Parallel Library and have the following example but the TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException handler is never being triggered.

Answer 1

The exception won't be "unobserved" in that sample snippet. Not until the garbage collector gets rid of the Task instances. You'd have to rewrite it like this:

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {

        TaskScheduler.UnobservedTaskException += ( object sender, UnobservedTaskExceptionEventArgs eventArgs ) =>
        {
            eventArgs.SetObserved();
            ( (AggregateException)eventArgs.Exception ).Handle( ex =>
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Exception type: {0}", ex.GetType());
                return true;
            } );
        };

        Run();

        GC.Collect();
        GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();

        Console.WriteLine("done");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    static void Run() {
        Task task1 = new Task(() => {
            throw new ArgumentNullException();
        });

        Task task2 = new Task(() => {
            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException();
        });

        task1.Start();
        task2.Start();

        while (!task1.IsCompleted || !task2.IsCompleted) {
            Thread.Sleep(50);
        }
    }
}

Don't do this, use Task.Wait().