With .NET Framework 4.5 there is now an ExceptionDispatchInfo which supports this exact scenario. It allows capturing a complete exception and rethrowing it from somewhere else without overwriting the contained stack trace.
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using System.Runtime.ExceptionServices;
class Test
{
private ExceptionDispatchInfo _exInfo;
public void DeleteNoThrow(string path)
{
try { File.Delete(path); }
catch(IOException ex)
{
// Capture exception (including stack trace) for later rethrow.
_exInfo = ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(ex);
}
}
public Exception GetFailure()
{
// You can access the captured exception without rethrowing.
return _exInfo != null ? _exInfo.SourceException : null;
}
public void ThrowIfFailed()
{
// This will rethrow the exception including the stack trace of the
// original DeleteNoThrow call.
_exInfo.Throw();
// Contrast with 'throw GetFailure()' which rethrows the exception but
// overwrites the stack trace to the current caller of ThrowIfFailed.
}
}