Comments on: Exception Logging with EntLib Made Simple

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Eric — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:39:09 +0000

It would be better if you were using the Enterprise Library Exception Handling block for your extension method. Something like this:

try
{
}
catch(Exception ex)
{
if(!ex.Handle(“MyExceptionPolicyName”))
throw; //not handled or configured to throw
}

Then the extension method:

public static bool Handle(this Exception ex, string policyName)
{
Exception newEx = null;

bool rethrow = ExceptionPolicy.HandleException(ex, policyName, out newEx);

if (rethrow && newEx == null)
return false;
else if (rethrow && newEx != null)
throw newEx;
return true;
}