<Type Name="FormatException" FullName="System.FormatException" FullNameSP="System_FormatException" Maintainer="ecma">
  <TypeSignature Language="ILASM" Value=".class public serializable FormatException extends System.SystemException" />
  <TypeSignature Language="C#" Value="public class FormatException : SystemException" />
  <MemberOfLibrary>BCL</MemberOfLibrary>
  <AssemblyInfo>
    <AssemblyName>mscorlib</AssemblyName>
    <AssemblyPublicKey>[00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ]</AssemblyPublicKey>
    <AssemblyVersion>2.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
  </AssemblyInfo>
  <ThreadingSafetyStatement>All public static members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. No instance members are guaranteed to be thread safe.</ThreadingSafetyStatement>
  <Base>
    <BaseTypeName>System.SystemException</BaseTypeName>
  </Base>
  <Interfaces />
  <Docs>
    <summary>
      <para> Represents errors caused by
      passing incorrectly formatted arguments or invalid format specifiers to methods.</para>
    </summary>
    <remarks>
      <para>
        <block subset="none" type="note">
          <see cref="T:System.FormatException" /> is thrown from <see langword="Parse" />
methods when a <see cref="T:System.String" /> being parsed contains characters that are not valid
according to the specified style (passed via the <paramref name="style" />
parameter) or default
style. <see cref="T:System.FormatException" /> is thrown from <see langword="ToString" /> methods when a format specifier
(passed via the <paramref name="format" />
parameter) is not a valid format for the
type of the current instance.</block>
      </para>
    </remarks>
  </Docs>
  <Members>
    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value="public rtspecialname specialname instance void .ctor()" />
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public FormatException ();" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue />
      <Parameters />
      <Docs>
        <summary>
          <para>Constructs and initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:System.FormatException" />
class.</para>
        </summary>
        <remarks>
          <para>This constructor initializes the <see cref="!:System.FormatException.Message" />
property of the new instance to a system-supplied message that describes the
error, such as "Invalid format." This message takes into account the current
system culture. The <see cref="!:System.FormatException.InnerException" /> property is initialized to
<see langword="null" /> .</para>
        </remarks>
      </Docs>
      <Excluded>0</Excluded>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value="public rtspecialname specialname instance void .ctor(string message)" />
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public FormatException (string message);" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue />
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="message" Type="System.String" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <param name="message">A <see cref="T:System.String" /> that describes the error. The content of <paramref name="message" /> is intended to be understood by humans. The caller of this constructor is required to ensure that this string has been localized for the current system culture.</param>
        <summary>
          <para>Constructs and initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:System.FormatException" />
class.</para>
        </summary>
        <remarks>
          <para>This constructor initializes the <see cref="!:System.FormatException.Message" /> property of the new instance using
<paramref name="message" /> . If <paramref name="message" /> is 
<see langword="null" />, the <see cref="!:System.FormatException.Message" /> property is initialized to the 
   system-supplied message provided by the constructor that takes no arguments.</para>
          <para> 
   The <see cref="!:System.FormatException.InnerException" /> property is initialized to
<see langword="null" /> .</para>
        </remarks>
      </Docs>
      <Excluded>0</Excluded>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="protected FormatException (System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo info, System.Runtime.Serialization.StreamingContext context);" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="info" Type="System.Runtime.Serialization.SerializationInfo" />
        <Parameter Name="context" Type="System.Runtime.Serialization.StreamingContext" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <param name="info">To be added.</param>
        <param name="context">To be added.</param>
        <summary>To be added.</summary>
        <remarks>To be added.</remarks>
      </Docs>
    </Member>
    <Member MemberName=".ctor">
      <MemberSignature Language="ILASM" Value="public rtspecialname specialname instance void .ctor(string message, class System.Exception innerException)" />
      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public FormatException (string message, Exception innerException);" />
      <MemberType>Constructor</MemberType>
      <ReturnValue />
      <Parameters>
        <Parameter Name="message" Type="System.String" />
        <Parameter Name="innerException" Type="System.Exception" />
      </Parameters>
      <Docs>
        <param name="message">A <see cref="T:System.String" /> that describes the error. The content of <paramref name="message" /> is intended to be understood by humans. The caller of this constructor is required to ensure that this string has been localized for the current system culture.</param>
        <param name="innerException">An instance of <see cref="T:System.Exception" /> that is the cause of the current exception. If <paramref name="innerException" /> is non-null, then the current exception was raised in a catch block handling <paramref name="innerException" /> .</param>
        <summary>
          <para>Constructs and initializes a new instance of the <see cref="T:System.FormatException" />
class.</para>
        </summary>
        <remarks>
          <para>This constructor initializes the <see cref="!:System.FormatException.Message" /> property of the new instance using
<paramref name="message" />
, and the <see cref="!:System.FormatException.InnerException" /> property using <paramref name="innerException" />. If <paramref name="message" /> is
<see langword="null" />, the <see cref="!:System.FormatException.Message" /> property is initialized to the 
system-supplied message provided by the constructor that takes no arguments. </para>
          <para>
            <block subset="none" type="note">For information on
   inner exceptions, see <see cref="P:System.Exception.InnerException" />
   .</block>
          </para>
        </remarks>
      </Docs>
      <Excluded>0</Excluded>
    </Member>
  </Members>
  <TypeExcluded>0</TypeExcluded>
</Type>
