Proper way of handling exception in task continuewith

Question

Please have a look at the following code-

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    // Get the task.
    var task = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => { r         


        

Answer 1

What you have there is an AggregateException. This is thrown from tasks and requires you to check the inner exceptions to find specific ones. Like this:

task.ContinueWith(t =>
{
    if (t.Exception is AggregateException) // is it an AggregateException?
    {
        var ae = t.Exception as AggregateException;

        foreach (var e in ae.InnerExceptions) // loop them and print their messages
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message); // output is "y" .. because that's what you threw
        }
    }
},
TaskContinuationOptions.OnlyOnFaulted);