/*
Exceptional.cs

Copyright © 2008
Diversified Technical Systems, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
*/

using System;

namespace DatabaseExport
{
    /// <summary>
    /// "Ultimate" base class for all DTS classes that expect to throw exceptions.
    /// Deriving classes from this class allows exceptions to be trapped based on
    /// the class type that threw them.
    /// </summary>
    ///
    /// <remarks>
    /// Sample usage:
    ///   public class A : Exceptional
    ///   {
    ///      public void ScrewItUp( )
    ///      {
    ///         private bool error = true;
    ///         if ( error ) throw new A.Exception( "Class A-specific screwup." );
    ///      }
    ///   }
    /// 
    ///   ...
    /// 
    ///   try
    ///   {
    ///     A.ScrewItUp( );
    ///     B.ScrewItUp( );
    ///     C.ScrewItUp( );
    ///   }
    ///   catch ( A.Exception ex )
    ///   {
    ///      // Can pick A's exceptions out of a crowd, or not and just treat it
    ///      // polymorphically as a System.Exception.
    ///   }
    /// </remarks>
    /// 
    [Serializable]
    public abstract class Exceptional
    {
    }
}