ArgumentNullException Class (System)

Collapse All

Language Filter

This page is specific to

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/.NET Framework 2.0

Other versions are also available for the following:

.NET Framework Class Library

ArgumentNullException Class

The exception that is thrown when a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) is passed to a method that does not accept it as a valid argument.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

<SerializableAttribute> _
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Class ArgumentNullException
    Inherits ArgumentException

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ArgumentNullException

[SerializableAttribute] 
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)] 
public class ArgumentNullException : ArgumentException

C++

[SerializableAttribute] 
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)] 
public ref class ArgumentNullException : public ArgumentException

/** @attribute SerializableAttribute() */ 
/** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ 
public class ArgumentNullException extends ArgumentException

JScript

SerializableAttribute 
ComVisibleAttribute(true) 
public class ArgumentNullException extends ArgumentException

Remarks

ArgumentNullException is thrown when a method is invoked and at least one of the passed arguments is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) but should never be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentNullException behaves identically to ArgumentException. It is provided so that application code can differentiate between exceptions caused by null arguments and exceptions caused by arguments that are not null. For errors caused by arguments that are not null, see ArgumentOutOfRangeException.

ArgumentNullException uses the HRESULT E_POINTER, which has the value 0x80004003.

For a list of initial property values for an instance of ArgumentNullException, see the ArgumentNullException constructors.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   System.Exception
     System.SystemException
       System.ArgumentException
        System.ArgumentNullException

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.0

Reference

ArgumentNullException Members
System Namespace
Exception

Other Resources

Handling and Throwing Exceptions