Handling ABAP Exceptions in a Block

Question

Hi,
If a background task calls an ABAP Class Method and that method throws a defined exception of type CX_BO_ERROR, I would expect to see a possible outcome for that exception that would allow me to handle the exception for the specific task. If I activate that outcome then an exception handling path will be displayed on the graphical representation which is taken if the exception is then raised by the method. If the outcome is disabled then the workitem goes to error.
If I want to catch these exceptions (for multiple tasks) in an enclosing block in order to handle them in a single, standard way, how do I achieve that? It does not seem possible to simply define the exception type in the enclosing block and then activate it in order to then be able to automatically catch any exceptions of a particular type that have their outcomes disabled in their individual tasks. It would appear that I have to activate the outcomes for each task and then raise it during with a Process Control item on the exception handling path of the task. This seems to defeat the object of having exception handling at the Block level. Is my understanding correct or am I doing something wrong?
Also, is it possible to capture the class exception object from the method call and store it in the Task Container (in order to get text & longtext details)?

Answer 1

Thankyou for both of your responses.
I understand that an individual ABAP Object or BOR method (call during an Activity) can raise an exception which can be handled as a separate outcome of that activity. However, if there are multiple Activity steps in the workfow that can all throw similar exceptions and I want to react to all of those exceptions in a uniform way, it seems excessive to have to handle each exception individually for each Activity in order to do the same thing (e.g. I may just want to send a standard email to someone or trigger another workflow event).
I may have misunderstood things but I thought that the purpose of the Block step was to be used as a kind of TRY..CATCH mechanism that will allow exceptions to thrown to the Block by enclosed Activities without the need for enabling outcomes at the Activity level. I thought it would be possible for the exception type to be defined in the Block properties so that all exceptions of that type could be handled at a higher level by a single Block outcome (regardless of which enclosed Activity threw it). If this is the case then I do not see the point in having to define individual outcomes for each activity within the Block.
That said, I cannot seem to get it to work without enabling the outcome for each activity and using a Process Control step to raise the exception to the Block (which seems to defeat the object because I have, in fact, just handled the exception!). The reason for my original posting is to verify whether or not what I am trying to do is possible and to find out what I doing wrong with regards to Block configuration.
Kind Regards
Simon.