C# Webservice: Throw exception with extra properties in JSON

Question

I have a webservice written in C#. When errors occur on the server, I would like to inform the user client side. This works fine by throwing exceptions server side, which is then sent to my error handler client side.

However, I would like to, when I throw the exception, to set a property describing how serious I think the error is at this point. Thus I can decide client side how to display the error:

WebService.Method(some_value, handle_response, handle_error);

function handle_response (response) {
    //Do something...
}

function handle_error (error) {
    if(error.level === 'Critical') {
        //Show critical message.
    } else if(error.level === 'Warning') {
        //Show warning message.
    } else 
        ...
    }
}

My solution so far has been to create a custom exception inheriting from System.Exception. My webservice returns with a JSON formatted result.

My problem is how to get my property through to the client side JSON response?

Answer 1

web service:

     public Response zzz()
        {
          Response result;
           try
        {
         ...
        }
        catch(MyException)
        {
          result.HasError = true;
          result.Error.Level = Normal;
          result.Error.Message = "It's OK.";
        }
        catch(Exception)
        {
result.HasError = true;
          result.Error.Level = Critical;
          result.Error.Message = "!!!!";
        }
        }

then check Response.HasError