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# NSString Handling Exception Names

These constants define the names of exceptions raised if `NSString` cannot represent a string in a given encoding, or parse a string as a property list.

## Topics

### Constants

[`static let characterConversionException: NSExceptionName`](/documentation/Foundation/NSExceptionName/characterConversionException)

`NSString` raises an `NSCharacterConversionException` if a string cannot be represented in a file-system or string encoding.

[`static let parseErrorException: NSExceptionName`](/documentation/Foundation/NSExceptionName/parseErrorException)

`NSString` raises an `NSParseErrorException` if a string cannot be parsed as a property list.


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