DriverException Class

This is the generic driver exception. Drivers are permitted to directly throw this exception as well as any derived exceptions. Note that the Message property is a member of Exception, the base class of DriverException. The HResult property of Exception is simply renamed to Number.

This exception should only be thrown if there is no other more appropriate exception already defined, e.g. PropertyNotImplemented, InvalidOperationException, InvalidValueException, NotConnectedException etc. These specific exceptions should be thrown where appropriate rather than using the more generic DriverException. Conform will not accept DriverExceptions where more appropriate exceptions are already defined.

As good programming practice, the Message property should not be empty, so that users understand why the exception was thrown.

Definition

Namespace: ASCOM
Assembly: ASCOM.Exceptions (in ASCOM.Exceptions.dll) Version: 7.1.3+4851.c5da65c2b
C#
[SerializableAttribute]
public class DriverException : Exception
Inheritance
Object    Exception    DriverException
Derived
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Constructors

DriverException Initializes a new instance of the DriverException class that will return the 'unspecified error' number: 0x800404FF. Sets the COM HResult to UnspecifiedError.
DriverException(String) Initializes a new instance of the DriverException class with a human-readable descriptive message.
DriverException(String, Exception) Initializes a new instance of the DriverException class from another caught exception and a human-readable descriptive message.
DriverException(String, Int32) Create a new ASCOM exception using the specified text message and error code.
DriverException(String, Int32, Exception) Create a new ASCOM exception based on another exception plus additional descriptive text and error code. This member is required for a well-behaved exception class. For example, if a driver receives an exception (perhaps a COMException) from some other component yet it wants to report some meaningful error that resulted from the other error, it can package the original error in the InnerException member of the exception it generates.

Properties

Number The COM error code for this exception (hex 80040400 - 800404FF)

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