#873 – Full Example of Throwing and Catching an Exception

Below is a complete example of throwing an exception from a method and catching/handling that exception further up the call stack.

Code for Dog class that throws an exception if we ask a dog to bark too many times:

    public class Dog
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public int Age { get; set; }

        // Dog constructor
        public Dog(string name, int age)
        {
            Name = name;
            Age = age;
        }

        // Dog.Bark
        public void Bark(int numTimes)
        {
            if (numTimes > 10)
                throw new ArgumentException(
                    string.Format("{0} is just too many times to bark", numTimes));

            for (int i = 1; i <= numTimes; i++)
                Console.WriteLine("Woof");
        }
    }

Code that calls the Bark method, with an exception handler in the Main() method:

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            try
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Before MethodA call");
                MethodA();
                Console.WriteLine("After MethodA call");
            }
            catch (Exception xx)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(
                    string.Format("Caught in Main(): {0}",
                                  xx.Message));
            }

            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        private static void MethodA()
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Before MethodB call");
            MethodB();
            Console.WriteLine("After MethodB call");
        }

        private static void MethodB()
        {
            Dog d = new Dog("Kirby", 15);
            d.Bark(99);
            Console.WriteLine("I barked 99 times");
        }

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