Represents the error that occurs when an exception is thrown inside the static constructor of a type. [Edit]

See Also: TypeInitializationException Members

System.Object
     System.Exception
          System.SystemException
               System.TypeInitializationException

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComVisible(true)] public sealed class TypeInitializationException : SystemException

Thread Safety

All public static members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. No instance members are guaranteed to be thread safe.

Remarks

When a static constructor fails to initialize a type, a TypeInitializationException instance is created and passed a reference to the exception thrown by the static constructor. The TypeInitializationException.InnerException property stores the exception that was thrown by the static constructor. [Edit]

Example

The following example demonstrates an error that causes a TypeInitializationException exception.

C# Example

using System; class TypeInit { // Static constructor static TypeInit () { // Throw an application-defined exception. throw new ApplicationException("Error in Class TypeInit"); } public TypeInit() {} } class TestTypeInit { static public void Main() { try { TypeInit t = new TypeInit (); } catch (TypeInitializationException e) { Console.WriteLine("Error: {0}",e); } } }

The output is

Example

Error: System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for "TypeInit" threw an exception. ---> System.ApplicationException: Error in Class TypeInit at TypeInit..cctor() --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at TypeInit..ctor() at TestTypeInit.Main()

Requirements

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0