I am developing a MVC application which has handles authorization and login information at a base controller class overriding OnActionExecuting event.
At AJAX calls when an exception arises I can handle this via attributes and display error messages with on custom model window.
My custom attribute is as follows :
public class JsonExceptionFilterAttribute : FilterAttribute, IExceptionFilter
{
public void OnException(ExceptionContext filterContext)
{
if (filterContext.RequestContext.HttpContext.Request.IsAjaxRequest())
{
filterContext.HttpContext.Response.StatusCode = 500;
filterContext.ExceptionHandled = true;
string msg = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(filterContext.Exception.Message);
if (filterContext.Exception.GetType() == Type.GetType("System.UnauthorizedAccessException"))
{
msg = "Unauthorized access";
}
filterContext.Result = new JsonResult
{
Data = new
{
errorMessage = msg
},
JsonRequestBehavior = JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet
};
}
}
}
But when an Exception occurs while using DataTables.Net the only mesage I get is the DataTables.NET's own error mesaages saying "... please see http://datatables.net/tn/7"
But I want to display my own Exception message as I do in other AJAX calls. Basically I want to display the error message I provide in my custom attribute response.
I have Googled it, advising to use "fnServerData" but I can not find my Exception message in any of the parameters (sSource, aoData, fnCallback, oSettings) I get by this event handler.
How can I possibly get the Exception message that my base controller returns and display it?
Regards.
P.S. : Handling the Exception in the Action and returning it does not apply here, because I do not fall to Action method at all.