== Why is this an issue?

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=== Noncompliant code example

[source,csharp]
----
[TestMethod]
[ExpectedException(typeof(ArgumentNullException))]  // Noncompliant
public void TestNullArg()
{
  //...
}
----

=== Compliant solution

[source,csharp]
----
[TestMethod]
public void TestNullArg()
{
  bool callFailed = false;
  try
  {
    //...
  }
  catch (ArgumentNullException)
  {
    callFailed = true;
  }
  Assert.IsTrue(callFailed, "Expected call to MyMethod to fail with ArgumentNullException");
}
----

or

[source,csharp]
----
[TestMethod]
public void TestNullArg()
{
  Assert.ThrowsException<ArgumentNullException>(() => /*...*/);
}
----

include::../exceptions.adoc[]

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=== Message

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=== Highlighting

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== Comments And Links
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