What exception to throw from a property setter?

Question

I have a string property that has a maximum length requirement because the data is linked to a database. What exception should I throw if the caller tries to set a string ex

Answer 1

Have a look through mscorlib.dll with Reflector, in a similar situation such as System.String.StringBuilder.Capacity Microsoft use ArgumentOutOfRangeException() similar to:

public int PropertyA
{
    get
    {
        return //etc...
    }
    set
    {
        if (condition == true)
        {
            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("value", "/* etc... */");
        }
        // ... etc
    }
}