structural-searchresharper-5.x

ReSharper search pattern: "Can not parse pattern"

R# 5.1.1751.8

When I perform a pattern search for...

catch (Exception e) {}

...I'm shown an error dialog which says "Can not parse pattern".

What about that pattern cannot be parsed? What am I doing wrong?

Solution

  • I emailed JetBrains support and got the following response:

    ReSharper cannot parse only part of a C# language construct. In this case, 'catch(Exception e){}' is part of a try/catch construct. The following will search for empty catch clauses:

    try {
    $stmt$
}
catch(Exception e)
{
}

    ( where $stmt$ is "one or more statements" ).