rspec/rules/S112/vbnet/rule.adoc

Throwing such general exceptions as ``Exception``, ``SystemException``, ``ApplicationException``, ``IndexOutOfRangeException``, ``NullReferenceException``, ``OutOfMemoryException`` and ``ExecutionEngineException`` prevents calling methods from handling true, system-generated exceptions differently than application-generated errors. 

== Noncompliant Code Example

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Public Sub DoSomething(obj As Object)
  If obj Is Nothing Then
    ' Noncompliant
    Throw New NullReferenceException("obj")
  End If
  ' ...
End Sub
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== Compliant Solution

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Public Sub DoSomething(obj As Object)
  If obj Is Nothing Then
    Throw New ArgumentNullException("obj")
  End If
  ' ...
End Sub
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