**Inheritance:**
java.lang.Object, java.lang.Throwable, java.lang.Exception, java.lang.RuntimeException, [com.aspose.zip.exceptions.Exception](../../com.aspose.zip.exceptions/exception), [com.aspose.zip.exceptions.SystemException](../../com.aspose.zip.exceptions/systemexception)
```
public class ExternalException extends SystemException
```

The base exception type for all COM interop exceptions and structured exception handling (SEH) exceptions.