Exception.Data Property

Definition

Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception.

public virtual System.Collections.IDictionary Data { get; }

Property Value

An object that implements the IDictionary interface and contains a collection of user-defined key/value pairs. The default is an empty collection.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to add and retrieve information using the Data property.

// This example demonstrates the Exception.Data property.
using System;
using System.Collections;

class Sample
{
   public static void Main()
   {
      Console.WriteLine("\nException with some extra information...");
      RunTest(false);
      Console.WriteLine("\nException with all extra information...");
      RunTest(true);
   }

   public static void RunTest(bool displayDetails)
   {
      try {
         NestedRoutine1(displayDetails);
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
         Console.WriteLine("An exception was thrown.");
         Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
         if (e.Data.Count > 0) {
            Console.WriteLine("  Extra details:");
            foreach (DictionaryEntry de in e.Data)
               Console.WriteLine("    Key: {0,-20}      Value: {1}",
                                 "'" + de.Key.ToString() + "'", de.Value);
         }
      }
   }

   public static void NestedRoutine1(bool displayDetails)
   {
      try {
         NestedRoutine2(displayDetails);
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
         e.Data["ExtraInfo"] = "Information from NestedRoutine1.";
         e.Data.Add("MoreExtraInfo", "More information from NestedRoutine1.");
         throw;
      }
   }

   public static void NestedRoutine2(bool displayDetails)
   {
      Exception e = new Exception("This statement is the original exception message.");
      if (displayDetails) {
         string s = "Information from NestedRoutine2.";
         int i = -903;
         DateTime dt = DateTime.Now;
         e.Data.Add("stringInfo", s);
         e.Data["IntInfo"] = i;
         e.Data["DateTimeInfo"] = dt;
      }
      throw e;
   }
}
// The example displays the following output:
//    Exception with some extra information...
//    An exception was thrown.
//    This statement is the original exception message.
//      Extra details:
//        Key: 'ExtraInfo'               Value: Information from NestedRoutine1.
//        Key: 'MoreExtraInfo'           Value: More information from NestedRoutine1.
//
//    Exception with all extra information...
//    An exception was thrown.
//    This statement is the original exception message.
//      Extra details:
//        Key: 'stringInfo'              Value: Information from NestedRoutine2.
//        Key: 'IntInfo'                 Value: -903
//        Key: 'DateTimeInfo'            Value: 7/29/2013 10:50:13 AM
//        Key: 'ExtraInfo'               Value: Information from NestedRoutine1.
//        Key: 'MoreExtraInfo'           Value: More information from NestedRoutine1.

Remarks

For more information about this API, see Supplemental API remarks for Exception.Data.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also