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

I think seeing as all exceptions should have a parameterless constructor, and have the Message property, so the following should work:

static ExType TestException(string message) where ExType:Exception
{
    ExType ex = new ExType();
    ex.Message = message;
    return ex;
}

Edit: OK, Message is read only, so you'll have to hope the class implements the Exception(string) constructor instead.

static ExType TestException(string message) where ExType:Exception
{
    return new ExType(message);
}