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# NSException Assertions

Check whether a function call throws, or doesn’t throw, an exception.

## Topics

### Testing for Exceptions

[`XCTAssertThrows`](/documentation/XCTest/XCTAssertThrows)

Asserts that an expression throws an `NSException`.

[`XCTAssertThrowsSpecific`](/documentation/XCTest/XCTAssertThrowsSpecific)

Asserts that an expression throws a specific `NSException`.

[`XCTAssertThrowsSpecificNamed`](/documentation/XCTest/XCTAssertThrowsSpecificNamed)

Asserts that an expression throws a specific NSException with a specific name.

[`XCTAssertNoThrow`](/documentation/XCTest/XCTAssertNoThrow)

Asserts that an expression doesn’t throw an `NSException`.

[`XCTAssertNoThrowSpecific`](/documentation/XCTest/XCTAssertNoThrowSpecific)

Asserts that an expression doesn’t throw a specific `NSException`.

[`XCTAssertNoThrowSpecificNamed`](/documentation/XCTest/XCTAssertNoThrowSpecificNamed)

Asserts that an expression doesn’t throw a specific `NSException` with a specific name.


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