EncoderFallbackException Class

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The exception that is thrown when an encoder fallback operation fails. This class cannot be inherited.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.Exception
    System.SystemException
      System.ArgumentException
        System.Text.EncoderFallbackException

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class EncoderFallbackException _
    Inherits ArgumentException
public sealed class EncoderFallbackException : ArgumentException

The EncoderFallbackException type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 EncoderFallbackException() Initializes a new instance of the EncoderFallbackException class.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 EncoderFallbackException(String) Initializes a new instance of the EncoderFallbackException class. A parameter specifies the error message.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 EncoderFallbackException(String, Exception) Initializes a new instance of the EncoderFallbackException class. Parameters specify the error message and the inner exception that is the cause of this exception.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 CharUnknown Gets the input character that caused the exception.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 CharUnknownHigh Gets the high component character of the surrogate pair that caused the exception.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 CharUnknownLow Gets the low component character of the surrogate pair that caused the exception.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Data Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Protected propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 HResult Gets or sets HRESULT, a coded numerical value that is assigned to a specific exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Index Gets the index position in the input buffer of the character that caused the exception.
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 InnerException Gets the Exception instance that caused the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Message Gets the error message and the parameter name, or only the error message if no parameter name is set. (Inherited from ArgumentException.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 StackTrace Gets a string representation of the frames on the call stack at the time the current exception was thrown. (Inherited from Exception.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetBaseException When overridden in a derived class, returns the Exception that is the root cause of one or more subsequent exceptions. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetType Gets the runtime type of the current instance. (Inherited from Exception.)
Public method IsUnknownSurrogate Indicates whether the input that caused the exception is a surrogate pair.
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ToString Creates and returns a string representation of the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)

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Remarks

When using the standard decoders, an EncoderFallbackException is thrown only if an attempt to encode a string or a byte array fails and the value of the throwOnInvalidBytes argument was set to true in the Encoding implementation's class constructor.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

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.

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