in powershell, under certain condition , i do this :
throw [System.Management.Automation.MethodException]
later i have catch like this :
catch [System.Management.Automation.MethodException]
{
catch
{
My code falls into the second (general) catch. when i look at $_.Exception in the second catch, it says 'System.Management.Automation.MethodException' - so why come Powershell does not catch it in the first catch ? How can i fix this?
Thanks, Peter
PetSerAl has it right in the comment; you need to create an instance of the MethodException class.
His suggestion is nice and terse:
throw [System.Management.Automation.MethodException]::new()
But it only works on PowerShell 5+. In earlier versions:
$ex = New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.MethodException
throw $ex
Or, an easy way to use this in any version while including a message is to cast a [String] as the exception:
throw [System.Management.Automation.MethodException]"You messed up."
