Recipe 5.8 HRESULT-Exception Mapping

Problem

You need a reference table that maps each COM HRESULT to its managed exception counterpart. This mapping will allow you to throw the correct managed exception in C#, which will map to the expected COM HRESULT in unmanaged code.

Solution

Every managed exception maps to an HRESULT. Table 5-2 lists the managed exception classes and their equivalent HRESULT values. Use this table to determine what type of managed exception to use when throwing an exception back to unmanaged code, as well as what type of exception object to use when handling returned COM/COM+ HRESULT values.

Table 5-2. Mappping .NET exceptions to HRESULTS

.NET exception class name	HRESULT name (hex value of HRESULT)
AccessException	COR_E_MEMBERACCESS (0x8013151A)
AmbiguousMatchException	COR_E_AMBIGUOUSMATCH (0X80138000211D)
AppDomainUnloadedException	MSEE_E_APPDOMAINUNLOADED (0x80131015)
ApplicationException	COR_E_APPLICATION (0x80131600)
ArgumentException	COR_E_ARGUMENT (0x80070057 )
ArgumentNullException	E_POINTER (0x80004003)
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	COR_E_ARGUMENTOUTOFRANGE (0x80131502)
ArithmeticException	COR_E_ARITHMETIC (0x80070216)
ArrayTypeMismatchException	COR_E_ARRAYTYPEMISMATCH (0x80131503)
BadImageFormatException	COR_E_BADIMAGEFORMAT (0x8007000B)
CannotUnloadAppDomainException	COR_E_CANNOTUNLOADAPPDOMAIN (0x80131015)
COMException	Any Other HRESULT Defaults To This .NET Exception
ContextMarshalException	COR_E_CONTEXTMARSHAL (0x80131504)
CryptographicException	NTE_FAIL
CryptographicUnexpectedOperationException	CORSEC_E_CRYPTO_UNEX_OPER (0x80131431)
CustomAttributeFormatException	COR_E_FORMAT (0x80131537)
DirectoryNotFoundException	COR_E_DIRECTORYNOTFOUND (0x80070003) STG_E_PATHNOTFOUND (0x80030003)
DivideByZeroException	COR_E_DIVIDEBYZERO (0x80020012)
DllNotFoundException	COR_E_DLLNOTFOUND (0x80131524)
DuplicateWaitObjectException	COR_E_DUPLICATEWAITOBJECT (0x80131529)
EndOfStreamException	COR_E_ENDOFSTREAM (0x801338)
EntryPointNotFoundException	COR_E_TYPELOAD (0x80131522)
Exception	COR_E_EXCEPTION (0x80131500)
ExecutionEngineException	COR_E_EXECUTIONENGINE (0x80131506)
ExternalException	E_FAIL (0x80004005)
FieldAccessException	COR_E_FIELDACCESS (0x80131507)
FileNotFoundException	COR_E_FILELOAD (0x80131621 or 0x80131018)
FileNotFoundException	COR_E_FILENOTFOUND (0x80070002)
FormatException	COR_E_FORMAT (0x80131537)
IndexOutOfRangeException	COR_E_INDEXOUTOFRANGE (0x80131508)
InvalidCastException	COR_E_INVALIDCAST (0x80004002)
InvalidComObjectException	COR_E_INVALIDCOMOBJECT (0x80131527)
InvalidFilterCriteriaException	COR_E_INVALIDFILTERCRITERIA (0x80131601)
InvalidOleVariantTypeException	COR_E_INVALIDOLEVARIANTTYPE (0x80131531)
InvalidOperationException	COR_E_INVALIDOPERATION (0x80131509)
InvalidProgramException	COR_E_INVALIDPROGRAM (0x8013153A)
IOException	COR_E_IO (0x80131620)
IsolatedStorageException	ISS_E_ISOSTORE (0x80131450)
MarshalDirectiveException	COR_E_MARSHALDIRECTIVE (0x80131535)
MethodAccessException	COR_E_METHODACCESS (0x80131510)
MissingFieldException	COR_E_MISSINGFIELD (0x80131511)
MissingManifestResourceException	COR_E_MISSINGMANIFESTRESOURCE (0x80131532)
MissingMemberException	COR_E_MISSINGMEMBER (0x80131512)
MissingMethodException	COR_E_MISSINGMETHOD (0x80131513)
MulticastNotSupportedException	COR_E_MULTICASTNOTSUPPORTED (0x80131514)
NotFiniteNumberException	COR_E_NOTFINITENUMBER (0x80131528)
NotImplementedException	E_NOTIMPL
NotSupportedException	COR_E_NOTSUPPORTED (0x80131515)
NullReferenceException	COR_E_NULLREFERENCE (0x80004003)
OutOfMemoryException	COR_E_OUTOFMEMORY (0x8007000E)
OverflowException	COR_E_OVERFLOW (0x80131516)
PathTooLongException	COR_E_PATHTOOLONG (0x8013206)
PlatformNotSupportedException	COR_E_PLATFORMNOTSUPPORTED (0x80131539)
PolicyException	CORSEC_E_POLICY_EXCEPTION
RankException	COR_E_RANK (0x80131517)
ReflectionTypeLoadException	COR_E_REFLECTIONTYPELOAD (0x80131602)
RemotingException	COR_E_REMOTING (0x8013150B)
RemotingTimeoutException	COR_E_REMOTING (0x8013150B)
SafeArrayTypeMismatchException	COR_E_SAFEARRAYTYPEMISMATCH (0x80131533)
SafeArrayRankMismatchException	COR_E_SAFEARRAYRANKMISMATCH (0x80131538)
SecurityException	COR_E_SECURITY (0x8013150A)
SEHException	E_FAIL (0x80004005)
SerializationException	COR_E_SERIALIZATION (0x8013150C)
ServerException	COR_E_SERVER (0x8013150E)
StackOverflowException	COR_E_STACKOVERFLOW (0x800703E9)
SUDSGeneratorException	COR_E_EXCEPTION (0x80131500)
SUDSParserException	COR_E_EXCEPTION (0x80131500)
SynchronizationLockException	COR_E_SYNCHRONIZATIONLOCK (0x80131518)
SystemException	COR_E_SYSTEM (0x80131501)
TargetException	COR_E_TARGET
TargetInvocationException	COR_E_TARGETINVOCATION (0x80131604)
TargetParameterCountException	COR_E_TARGETPARAMCOUNT (0x80138002)
ThreadAbortException	COR_E_THREADABORTED (0x80131530)
ThreadInterruptedException	COR_E_THREADINTERRUPTED (0x80131519)
ThreadStateException	COR_E_THREADSTATE (0x80131520)
ThreadStopException	COR_E_THREADSTOP
TypeInitializationException	COR_E_TYPEINITIALIZATION (0x80131534)
TypeLoadException	COR_E_TYPELOAD (0x80131522)
TypeUnloadedException	COR_E_TYPEUNLOADED (0x80131013)
UnauthorizedAccessException	COR_E_UNAUTHORIZEDACCESS (0x80070005)
VerificationException	COR_E_VERIFICATION
WeakReferenceException	COR_E_WEAKREFERENCE

Discussion

Handling exceptions generated by COM/COM+ components involves the following two steps:

The following code fragment illustrates this handling of COM/COM+ exceptions:

try
{
    CallCOMMethod( );
}
catch (UnauthorizedAccessException uae)
{
    // Handle COM/COM+ access exceptions here
}
catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException ce)
{
    // Handle user-defined COM/COM+ exceptions here
}
catch (Exception e)
{
    // Handle all other exceptions here
}

See Recipe 5.9 for more information on handling user-defined HRESULTs.

See Also

See Recipe 5.9; see the "Error Raising and Handling Guidelines," "HRESULTs and Exceptions," and "Handling COM Interop Exceptions" topics in the MSDN documentation.