User-defined Custom Exception in C#

C# exceptions are represented by classes. The exception classes in C# are mainly directly or indirectly derived from the System.Exception class.

You can also define your own exception. User-defined exception classes are derived from the Exception class.

The following is an example −

Example

using System;

namespace UserDefinedException {
   class TestTemperature {
      static void Main(string[] args) {
         Temperature temp = new Temperature();
         try {
            temp.showTemp();
         } catch(TempIsZeroException e) {
            Console.WriteLine("TempIsZeroException: {0}", e.Message);
         }
         Console.ReadKey();
      }
   }
}

public class TempIsZeroException: Exception {
   public TempIsZeroException(string message): base(message) {
   }
}

public class Temperature {
   int temperature = 0;

   public void showTemp() {

      if(temperature == 0) {
         throw (new TempIsZeroException("Zero Temperature found"));
      } else {
         Console.WriteLine("Temperature: {0}", temperature);
      }
   }
}