Asking a Generic Method to Throw Specific Exception Type on FAIL

Question

Right, I know I am totally going to look an idiot with this one, but my brain is just not kicking in to gear this morning.

I want to have a method where I can sa

Answer 1

The only issue with the solution is that it is possible to create a subclass of Exception which does not implement a constructor with a single string parameter, so the MethodMissingException might be thrown.

static void TestException(string message) where E : Exception, new()
{
    try 
    {
      return Activator.CreateInstance(typeof(E), message) as E;
    } 
    catch(MissingMethodException ex) 
    {
      return new E();
    }
}