Note that, for this example, we have supplied the optional second parameter to the GenericError constructor (see
Section 14.9). This parameter sets the
InnerException member of
System.Exception and preserves the original cause of the error for later diagnosis.
If you throw an arbitrary C# run-time exception (such as an InvalidCastException), the Ice run time catches the exception and then returns an
UnknownException to the client. Similarly, if you throw an "impossible" user exception (a user exception that is not listed in the exception specification of the operation), the client receives an
UnknownUserException.
If you throw an Ice run-time exception, such MemoryLimitException, the client receives an
UnknownLocalException.
1 For that reason, you should never throw system exceptions from operation implementations. If you do, all the client will see is an
UnknownLocalException, which does not tell the client anything useful.