C# FAQ: What are the differences between CSharp and Java exceptions

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What are the differences between C# and Java exceptions?

C# and Java exceptions have many similarities. In both languages:

• exceptions are derived from the Exception class,
• try block to delineate guarded regions,
• catch block to handle exceptions,
• finally block to facilitate releasing resources,
• exceptions can be caught and rethrown after some error handling,
• exceptions can be wrapped inside each other when the caught exception differs from the rethrown one.

Despite the fact that exceptions in both languages support methods for creating a stack trace, only Java exceptions can alter a stack trace.

See also

• C# for Java Developers