14.53 RAISE Statement

The RAISE statement explicitly raises an exception.

Outside an exception handler, you must specify the exception name. Inside an exception handler, if you omit the exception name, the RAISE statement reraises the current exception.

Topics

• Syntax

• Semantics

• Examples

• Related Topics

Syntax

raise_statement ::=

Description of the illustration raise_statement.eps

Semantics

exception

Name of an exception, either predefined (see Table 12-3) or user-declared (see "Exception Declaration").

exception is optional only in an exception handler, where the default is the current exception (see "Reraising Current Exception with RAISE Statement").

Examples

• Example 12-10, "Declaring, Raising, and Handling User-Defined Exception"

• Example 12-11, "Explicitly Raising Predefined Exception"

• Example 12-12, "Reraising Exception"

Related Topics

In this chapter:

• "Exception Declaration"

• "Exception Handler"

In other chapters:

• "Raising Exceptions Explicitly"