Multithreading with C# Cookbook - Second Edition

Handling exceptions in tasks

This recipe describes the very important topic of handling exceptions in asynchronous tasks. We will go through different aspects of what happens to exceptions thrown from tasks and how to get to their information.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter4\Recipe7.

How to do it...

To handle exceptions in tasks, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.
2. In the Program.cs file, add the following using directives:

   using System;
   using System.Threading.Tasks;
   using static System.Console;
   using static System.Threading.Thread;

3. Add the following ...