StackTrace Class

Definition

Represents a stack trace, which is an ordered collection of one or more stack frames.

public ref class StackTrace sealed
public ref class StackTrace
public sealed class StackTrace
public class StackTrace
[System.Serializable]
public class StackTrace
[System.Serializable]
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)]
public class StackTrace
type StackTrace = class
[<System.Serializable>]
type StackTrace = class
[<System.Serializable>]
[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)>]
type StackTrace = class
Public NotInheritable Class StackTrace
Public Class StackTrace
Inheritance
StackTrace
Attributes

Examples

The following console application demonstrates how to create a simple StackTrace and iterate through its frames to obtain debugging and diagnostic information.

#using <System.dll>

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Diagnostics;
ref class StackTraceSample
{
private:
   ref class MyInternalClass
   {
   public:
      void ThrowsException()
      {
         try
         {
            throw gcnew Exception( "A problem was encountered." );
         }
         catch ( Exception^ e ) 
         {
            
            // Create a StackTrace that captures
            // filename, line number, and column
            // information for the current thread.
            StackTrace^ st = gcnew StackTrace( true );
            String^ stackIndent = "";
            for ( int i = 0; i < st->FrameCount; i++ )
            {
               
               // Note that at this level, there are five
               // stack frames, one for each method invocation.
               StackFrame^ sf = st->GetFrame( i );
               Console::WriteLine();
               Console::WriteLine( "{0}Method: {1}", stackIndent, sf->GetMethod() );
               Console::WriteLine( "{0}File: {1}", stackIndent, sf->GetFileName() );
               Console::WriteLine( "{0}Line Number: {1}", stackIndent, sf->GetFileLineNumber().ToString() );
               stackIndent = String::Concat( stackIndent, "  " );

            }
            throw e;
         }

      }

   };


protected:
   void MyProtectedMethod()
   {
      MyInternalClass^ mic = gcnew MyInternalClass;
      mic->ThrowsException();
   }


public:
   void MyPublicMethod()
   {
      MyProtectedMethod();
   }

};

int main()
{
   StackTraceSample^ sample = gcnew StackTraceSample;
   try
   {
      sample->MyPublicMethod();
   }
   catch ( Exception^ ) 
   {
      
      // Create a StackTrace that captures
      // filename, line number, and column
      // information for the current thread.
      StackTrace^ st = gcnew StackTrace( true );
      for ( int i = 0; i < st->FrameCount; i++ )
      {
         
         // For an executable built from C++, there
         // are two stack frames here: one for main,
         // and one for the _mainCRTStartup stub. 
         StackFrame^ sf = st->GetFrame( i );
         Console::WriteLine();
         Console::WriteLine( "High up the call stack, Method: {0}", sf->GetMethod()->ToString() );
         Console::WriteLine( "High up the call stack, Line Number: {0}", sf->GetFileLineNumber().ToString() );

      }
   }

}

/*
This console application produces the following output when
compiled with the Debug configuration.

  Method: Void ThrowsException()
  File: c:\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.cpp
  Line Number: 20

    Method: Void MyProtectedMethod()
    File: c:\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.cpp
    Line Number: 45

      Method: Void MyPublicMethod()
      File: c:\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.cpp
      Line Number: 50
 
        Method: Int32 main()
        File: c:\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.cpp
        Line Number: 56

          Method: UInt32 _mainCRTStartup()
          File:
          Line Number: 0

  High up the call stack, Method: Int32 main()
  High up the call stack, Line Number: 62

  High up the call stack, Method: UInt32 _mainCRTStartup()
  High up the call stack, Line Number: 0

This console application produces the following output when
compiled with the Release configuration.

  Method: Void ThrowsException()
  File:
  Line Number: 0

    Method: Int32 main()
    File:
    Line Number: 0

      Method: UInt32 _mainCRTStartup()
      File:
      Line Number: 0

  High up the call stack, Method: Int32 main()
  High up the call stack, Line Number: 0

  High up the call stack, Method: UInt32 _mainCRTStartup()
  High up the call stack, Line Number: 0

*/
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

class StackTraceSample
{
    [STAThread]
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        StackTraceSample sample = new StackTraceSample();
        try
        {
            sample.MyPublicMethod();
        }
        catch (Exception)
        {
            // Create a StackTrace that captures
            // filename, line number, and column
            // information for the current thread.
            StackTrace st = new StackTrace(true);
            for(int i =0; i< st.FrameCount; i++ )
            {
                // Note that high up the call stack, there is only
                // one stack frame.
                StackFrame sf = st.GetFrame(i);
                Console.WriteLine();
                Console.WriteLine("High up the call stack, Method: {0}",
                    sf.GetMethod());

                Console.WriteLine("High up the call stack, Line Number: {0}",
                    sf.GetFileLineNumber());
            }
        }
    }

    public void MyPublicMethod ()
    {
        MyProtectedMethod();
    }

    protected void MyProtectedMethod ()
    {
        MyInternalClass mic = new MyInternalClass();
        mic.ThrowsException();
    }

    class MyInternalClass
    {
        public void ThrowsException()
        {
            try
            {
                throw new Exception("A problem was encountered.");
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                // Create a StackTrace that captures filename,
                // line number and column information.
                StackTrace st = new StackTrace(true);
                string stackIndent = "";
                for(int i =0; i< st.FrameCount; i++ )
                {
                    // Note that at this level, there are four
                    // stack frames, one for each method invocation.
                    StackFrame sf = st.GetFrame(i);
                    Console.WriteLine();
                    Console.WriteLine(stackIndent + " Method: {0}",
                        sf.GetMethod() );
                    Console.WriteLine(  stackIndent + " File: {0}",
                        sf.GetFileName());
                    Console.WriteLine(  stackIndent + " Line Number: {0}",
                        sf.GetFileLineNumber());
                    stackIndent += "  ";
                }
                throw e;
            }
        }
    }
}

/*
This console application produces the following output when
compiled with the Debug configuration.

   Method: Void ThrowsException()
   File: c:\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.cs
   Line Number: 59

     Method: Void MyProtectedMethod()
     File: c:\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.cs
     Line Number: 45

       Method: Void MyPublicMethod()
       File: c:\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.cs
       Line Number: 39

         Method: Void Main(System.String[])
         File: c:\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.cs
         Line Number: 13

  High up the call stack, Method: Void Main(System.String[])
  High up the call stack, Line Number: 20


This console application produces the following output when
compiled with the Release configuration.

   Method: Void ThrowsException()
   File:
   Line Number: 0

     Method: Void Main(System.String[])
     File:
     Line Number: 0

  High up the call stack, Method: Void Main(System.String[])
  High up the call stack, Line Number: 0

*/
Imports System.Diagnostics

Class StackTraceSample
   
    <STAThread()>  _
    Public Shared Sub Main()

        Dim sample As New StackTraceSample()
        Try
   
            sample.MyPublicMethod()
        Catch
            ' Create a StackTrace that captures
            ' filename, line number, and column
            ' information for the current thread.
            Dim st As New StackTrace(True)
            Dim i As Integer

            For i = 0 To st.FrameCount - 1

                ' Note that high up the call stack, there is only
                ' one stack frame.
                Dim sf As StackFrame = st.GetFrame(i)
                Console.WriteLine()
                Console.WriteLine("High up the call stack, Method: {0}", _
                    sf.GetMethod())
            
                Console.WriteLine("High up the call stack, Line Number: {0}", _
                    sf.GetFileLineNumber())
            Next i
        End Try
    End Sub
   
   Public Sub MyPublicMethod()
      MyProtectedMethod()
   End Sub
    
   Protected Sub MyProtectedMethod()
      Dim mic As New MyInternalClass()
      mic.ThrowsException()
   End Sub
   
   
   Class MyInternalClass
      
      Public Sub ThrowsException()
         Try
            Throw New Exception("A problem was encountered.")
         Catch e As Exception

            ' Create a StackTrace that captures filename,
            ' line number and column information.
            Dim st As New StackTrace(True)

            Dim stackIndent As String = ""
            Dim i As Integer
            For i = 0 To st.FrameCount - 1
               ' Note that at this level, there are four
               ' stack frames, one for each method invocation.
               Dim sf As StackFrame = st.GetFrame(i)
               Console.WriteLine()
               Console.WriteLine(stackIndent + " Method: {0}", _
                   sf.GetMethod())
               Console.WriteLine(stackIndent + " File: {0}", _
                   sf.GetFileName())
               Console.WriteLine(stackIndent + " Line Number: {0}", _
                   sf.GetFileLineNumber())
               stackIndent += "  "
            Next i
            Throw e
         End Try
      End Sub
   End Class
End Class


' This console application produces the following output when
' compiled with the Debug configuration.
'   
'    Method: Void ThrowsException()
'    File: c:\pp\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.vb
'    Line Number: 55
' 
'      Method: Void MyProtectedMethod()
'      File: c:\pp\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.vb
'      Line Number: 42
' 
'        Method: Void MyPublicMethod()
'        File: c:\pp\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.vb
'        Line Number: 37
' 
'          Method: Void Main(System.String[])
'          File: c:\pp\samples\stacktraceframe\myclass.vb
'          Line Number: 13
' 
'   High up the call stack, Method: Void Main(System.String[])
'   High up the call stack, Line Number: 18
' 
' 
' This console application produces the following output when
' compiled with the Release configuration.
' 
'    Method: Void ThrowsException()
'    File:
'    Line Number: 0
' 
'      Method: Void Main(System.String[])
'      File:
'      Line Number: 0
' 
'   High up the call stack, Method: Void Main()
'   High up the call stack, Line Number: 0
'

Remarks

StackTrace information will be most informative with Debug build configurations. By default, Debug builds include debug symbols, while Release builds do not. The debug symbols contain most of the file, method name, line number, and column information used in constructing StackFrame and StackTrace objects.

StackTrace might not report as many method calls as expected, due to code transformations that occur during optimization.

Constructors

StackTrace()

Initializes a new instance of the StackTrace class from the caller's frame.

StackTrace(Boolean)

Initializes a new instance of the StackTrace class from the caller's frame, optionally capturing source information.

StackTrace(Exception)

Initializes a new instance of the StackTrace class using the provided exception object.

StackTrace(Exception, Boolean)

Initializes a new instance of the StackTrace class, using the provided exception object and optionally capturing source information.

StackTrace(Exception, Int32)

Initializes a new instance of the StackTrace class using the provided exception object and skipping the specified number of frames.

StackTrace(Exception, Int32, Boolean)

Initializes a new instance of the StackTrace class using the provided exception object, skipping the specified number of frames and optionally capturing source information.

StackTrace(IEnumerable<StackFrame>)

Constructs a stack trace from a set of StackFrame objects.

StackTrace(Int32)

Initializes a new instance of the StackTrace class from the caller's frame, skipping the specified number of frames.

StackTrace(Int32, Boolean)

Initializes a new instance of the StackTrace class from the caller's frame, skipping the specified number of frames and optionally capturing source information.

StackTrace(StackFrame)

Initializes a new instance of the StackTrace class that contains a single frame.

StackTrace(Thread, Boolean)
Obsolete.

Initializes a new instance of the StackTrace class for a specific thread, optionally capturing source information.

Do not use this constructor overload.

Fields

METHODS_TO_SKIP

Defines the default for the number of methods to omit from the stack trace. This field is constant.

Properties

FrameCount

Gets the number of frames in the stack trace.

Methods

Equals(Object)

Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.

(Inherited from Object)
GetFrame(Int32)

Gets the specified stack frame.

GetFrames()

Returns a copy of all stack frames in the current stack trace.

GetHashCode()

Serves as the default hash function.

(Inherited from Object)
GetType()

Gets the Type of the current instance.

(Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone()

Creates a shallow copy of the current Object.

(Inherited from Object)
ToString()

Builds a readable representation of the stack trace.

Applies to

See also