C# in a Nutshell, Second Edition

Name

OverflowException

Synopsis

This exception indicates an attempt to store a value that exceeds the limit of the target type. This could be caused by an arithmetic operation, cast, or conversion.

public class OverflowException : ArithmeticException {
// Public Constructors
   public OverflowException( );
   public OverflowException(string message);
   public OverflowException(string message,  Exception innerException);
// Protected Constructors
   protected OverflowException(System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo info,
        System.Runtime.Serialization.StreamingContext context);
}

Hierarchy

Object → Exception(System.Runtime.Serialization.ISerializable) → SystemException → ArithmeticException → OverflowException