SocketException Class

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The exception that is thrown when a socket error occurs.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Exception
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException

Namespace: System.Net.Sockets
Assembly: System.Net (in System.Net.dll)

'Declaration
Public Class SocketException _
    Inherits Exception

public class SocketException : Exception

The SocketException type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	SocketException()	Initializes a new instance of the SocketException class with the last operating system error code.
	SocketException(Int32)	Initializes a new instance of the SocketException class with the specified error code.

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	Name	Description
	Data	Gets a collection of key/value pairs that provide additional user-defined information about the exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
	ErrorCode	Gets the error code that is associated with this exception.
	HResult	Gets or sets HRESULT, a coded numerical value that is assigned to a specific exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
	InnerException	Gets the Exception instance that caused the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
	Message	Gets a message that describes the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)
	SocketErrorCode	Gets the error code that is associated with this exception.
	StackTrace	Gets a string representation of the frames on the call stack at the time the current exception was thrown. (Inherited from Exception.)

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	Name	Description
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetBaseException	When overridden in a derived class, returns the Exception that is the root cause of one or more subsequent exceptions. (Inherited from Exception.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the runtime type of the current instance. (Inherited from Exception.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Creates and returns a string representation of the current exception. (Inherited from Exception.)

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A SocketException is thrown by the Socket classes when an error occurs with the network.

The default constructor for the SocketException class sets the ErrorCode property to the last operating system socket error that occurred.

For more information about socket error codes, see the Windows Sockets version 2 API error code documentation on MSDN.

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.