Proper way to find the innermost exception?

Question

I\'m working with some classes which, when throwing, have a relatively deep InnerException tree. I\'d like to log and act upon the innermost exception which is the one having th

Answer 1

You could use the GetBaseException method. Very quick example:

try
{
    try
    {
        throw new ArgumentException("Innermost exception");
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        throw new Exception("Wrapper 1",ex);
    }
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    // Writes out the ArgumentException details
    Console.WriteLine(ex.GetBaseException().ToString());
}