Is Controller.OnException thrown before an ExceptionFilter?

Question

Trying to understand the MVC pipeline here:

It seems that the order looks like this:

• AuthorizationFilters
• OnActionExecuting
• Actionexecutes
• OnActionExecuted
• Onresultexecuting
• Create an action result
• Onresultexecuted
• Writing to the response stream

When is a Controller.OnException thrown regarding an ExceptionFilterAttribute.OnException ?

Answer 1

It was probably recorded somewhere, at least in the source, but I just did this little experiment:

// in MyHandleErrorAttribute, globally configured
public override void OnException(ExceptionContext filterContext)
{
    Debug.Print("HandleErrorAttribute.OnException 1");
    base.OnException(filterContext);
    Debug.Print("HandleErrorAttribute.OnException 2");
}

...

// in HomeController
protected override void OnException(ExceptionContext filterContext)
{
    Debug.Print("Controller OnException 1");
    base.OnException(filterContext);
    Debug.Print("Controller OnException 2");
}

and in the output window:

HandleErrorAttribute.OnException 1
HandleErrorAttribute.OnException 2
OnException 1
OnException 2