Identifying Exception Type in a handler Catch Block

I have created custom exception class

public class Web2PDFException : Exception
{
    public Web2PDFException(string message, Exception innerException)
        : base(messag开发者_C百科e, innerException) { ... }
}

In my application how can I find out if it is my custom exception or not?

try {  ...  }

catch (Exception err)
{
//Find exception type here
}

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When dealing with situations where I don't exactly know what type of exception might come out of a method, a little "trick" I like to do is to recover the Exception's class name and add it to the error log so there is more information.

try
{
   <code>

} catch ( Exception caughtEx )
{
   throw new Exception("Unknown Exception Thrown: "
                       + "\n  Type:    " + caughtEx.GetType().Name
                       + "\n  Message: " + caughtEx.Message);
}

I do vouch for always handling Exceptions types individually, but the extra bit of info can be helpful, specially when dealing with code from people who love to capture catch-all generic types.

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UPDATED: assuming C# 6, the chances are that your case can be expressed as an exception filter. This is the ideal approach from a performance perspective assuming your requirement can be expressed in terms of it, e.g.:

try
{
}
catch ( Web2PDFException ex ) when ( ex.Code == 52 )
{
}

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Assuming C# < 6, the most efficient is to catch a specific Exception type and do handling based on that. Any catch-all handling can be done separately

try
{
}
catch ( Web2PDFException ex )
{
}

or

try
{
}
catch ( Web2PDFException ex )
{
}
catch ( Exception ex )
{
}

or (if you need to write a general handler - which is generally a bad idea, but if you're sure it's best for you, you're sure):

 if( err is Web2PDFException)
 {
 }

or (in certain cases if you need to do some more complex type hierarchy stuff that cant be expressed with is)

 if( err.GetType().IsAssignableFrom(typeof(Web2PDFException)))
 {
 }

or switch to VB.NET or F# and use is or Type.IsAssignableFrom in Exception Filters

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