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-//<snippet1>
-using namespace System;
-using namespace System::IO;
-
-public ref class FileReaderException : public Exception
-{
-public:
-    FileReaderException(String^ description) : Exception(description)
-    {
-    }
-};
-
-[Flags]
-public enum class ConnectionState
-{
-    Closed = 0,
-    Open = 1
-};
-
-public ref class DemoDBClient
-{
-private:
-    ConnectionState state;
-
-public:
-    DemoDBClient()
-    {
-        state = ConnectionState::Open;
-    }
-
-    property ConnectionState State
-    {
-        ConnectionState get()
-        {
-            return state;
-        }
-    }
-
-    void Close()
-    {
-        state = ConnectionState::Closed;
-    }
-};
-
-public ref class FileUtils
-{
-public:
-    static array<Byte>^ ReadFromFile(String^ filename, int bytes)
-    {
-        return File::ReadAllBytes(filename);
-    }
-};
-
-//<snippet4>
-public ref class MyFileNotFoundException : public Exception
-{
-};
-//</snippet4>
-
-
-public ref class ExceptionHandling
-{
-public:
-    static void Main()
-    {
-        DemoDBClient^ conn = gcnew DemoDBClient();
-
-        //<snippet2>
-        if (conn->State != ConnectionState::Closed)
-        {
-            conn->Close();
-        }
-        //</snippet2>
-
-        //<snippet3>
-        try
-        {
-            conn->Close();
-        }
-        catch (InvalidOperationException^ ex)
-        {
-            Console::WriteLine(ex->GetType()->FullName);
-            Console::WriteLine(ex->Message);
-        }
-        //</snippet3>
-    }
-};
-
-//<snippet5>
-class FileRead
-{
-public:
-    void ReadAll(FileStream^ fileToRead)
-    {
-        // This if statement is optional
-        // as it is very unlikely that
-        // the stream would ever be null.
-        if (fileToRead == nullptr)
-        {
-            throw gcnew System::ArgumentNullException();
-        }
-
-        int b;
-
-        // Set the stream position to the beginning of the file.
-        fileToRead->Seek(0, SeekOrigin::Begin);
-
-        // Read each byte to the end of the file.
-        for (int i = 0; i < fileToRead->Length; i++)
-        {
-            b = fileToRead->ReadByte();
-            Console::Write(b.ToString());
-            // Or do something else with the byte.
-        }
-    }
-};
-//</snippet5>
-
-//<snippet6>
-ref class FileReader
-{
-private:
-    String^ fileName;
-
-public:
-    FileReader(String^ path)
-    {
-        fileName = path;
-    }
-
-    array<Byte>^ Read(int bytes)
-    {
-        array<Byte>^ results = FileUtils::ReadFromFile(fileName, bytes);
-        if (results == nullptr)
-        {
-            throw NewFileIOException();
-        }
-        return results;
-    }
-
-    FileReaderException^ NewFileIOException()
-    {
-        String^ description = "My NewFileIOException Description";
-
-        return gcnew FileReaderException(description);
-    }
-};
-//</snippet6>
-int main()
-{
-    ExceptionHandling::Main();
-}
-//</snippet1>