RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute Class
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[SerializableAttribute] [AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited=false, AllowMultiple=false)] public sealed class RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute : Attribute
/** @attribute SerializableAttribute() */ /** @attribute AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited=false, AllowMultiple=false) */ public final class RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute extends Attribute
SerializableAttribute AttributeUsageAttribute(AttributeTargets.Assembly, Inherited=false, AllowMultiple=false) public final class RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute extends Attribute
Some languages, such as C++, allow you to throw exceptions of any type. Other languages, such as Microsoft C# and Visual Basic, require that every thrown exception be derived from the Exception class. To maintain compatibility between languages, the common language runtime (CLR) wraps objects that do not derive from Exception in a RuntimeWrappedException object.
You can use the RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute class to specify whether exceptions should appear wrapped inside catch blocks and exception filters for an assembly. Many language compilers, including the Microsoft C# and Visual Basic compilers, apply this attribute by default to specify the wrapping behavior.
Note that the runtime still wraps exceptions even if you use the RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute class to specify that you do not want them wrapped. In this case, exceptions are unwrapped only inside catch blocks or exception filters.
The following code example applies the RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute attribute to an assembly to disable exception wrapping.
using namespace System; using namespace System::Runtime::CompilerServices; [assembly:RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute(WrapNonExceptionThrows = false)]; void run() { Console::WriteLine("The RuntimeCompatibilityAttribute was applied to disable exception wrapping."); } int main() { run(); return 0; }
Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
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