rspec/rules/S112/vbnet/rule.adoc
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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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include::../see.adoc[]