/// <summary>Creates a new instance of <see cref="Error" />.</summary>
/// <param name="ex">An <see cref="Exception" /> to initialize the <see cref="Error" /> with.</param>
/// <param name="isCritical">Mark this error occurrence as a critical error.</param>
/// <param name="addDefaultInformation">
/// Whether to add the default information like request info and machine info to the
/// case or not.
/// </param>
/// <param name="extendedData">
/// As list of objects to add to the error's ExtendedData collection. If the object is an
/// <see cref="ExtendedDataInfo">ExtendedDataInfo</see>, the settings from that will be used to add the ExtendedData.
/// </param>
/// <param name="tags">A list of tags to add to the error.</param>
/// <param name="submissionMethod">The method that was used to collect the error.</param>
/// <param name="contextData">Any additional contextual data that should be used during creation of the error information.</param>
/// <returns>A new instance of <see cref="Error" />.</returns>
public Error CreateError(Exception ex, bool isCritical = false, bool addDefaultInformation = true, IEnumerable <object> extendedData = null, IEnumerable <string> tags = null, string submissionMethod = "Manual", IDictionary <string, object> contextData = null)
{
Error error = ToError(this, ex, submissionMethod, contextData);
if (extendedData != null)
{
foreach (object o in extendedData)
{
error.AddObject(o);
}
}
if (tags != null)
{
error.Tags.AddRange(tags);
}
if (isCritical)
{
error.MarkAsCritical();
}
if (addDefaultInformation)
{
error.AddDefaultInformation(contextData);
}
return(error);
}
