throw

Throws a developer-specified exception, which can be caught
with a catch block.

throw([message] [, type] [, detail] [, errorcode] [, extendedinfo] [, object]) → returns numeric

Argument Reference

message string

Message that describes exception event.

type string
Default: `Custom`

* A custom type
* Application
Do not enter another predefined type; types are not
generated by CFML applications. If you specify
Application, you need not specify a type for cfcatch.

Values:

Custom
Application
Database
Template
Security
Object
MissingInclude
Expression
Lock
SearchEngine

detail string

Description of the event. CFML appends error position
to description; server uses this parameter if an error is
not caught by your code.

errorcode string

A custom error code that you supply.

extendedinfo string

Additional custom error data that you supply.

object any

Requires the value of the cfobject tag name attribute.

Throws a Java exception from a CFML tag.

This attribute is mutually exclusive with all other
attributes of this tag.

Examples
Sample code invoking the throw function

Throw a custom exception

Use the throw function to throw a custom application exception.

<cfscript>
throw(type="MyCustomError", message="A custom error has been thrown!");
</cfscript>

Throw a custom http response exception

Use the throw function to throw a custom exception when the http response is invalid.

if (!isJSON(httpResponse.fileContent)) {
	throw(type="InvalidHTTPResponse",message="The http response was not valid JSON");
}

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