C# User-Defined Exceptions

C# allows us to create user-defined or custom exception. It is used to make the meaningful exception. To do this, we need to inherit Exception class.

Example

snippet

using System;
public class InvalidAgeException : Exception
{
    public InvalidAgeException(String message)
        : base(message)
    {

    }
}
public class TestUserDefinedException
{
    static void validate(int age)
    {
        if (age < 18)
        {
            throw new InvalidAgeException("Sorry, Age must be greater than 18");
        }
    }
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            validate(12);
        }
        catch (InvalidAgeException e) { Console.WriteLine(e); }
        Console.WriteLine("Rest of the code");
    }
}

Output

InvalidAgeException: Sorry, Age must be greater than 18 Rest of the code