Essential .NET: The Common Language Runtime

(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Where Are We?) List of Figures. List of Tables. Foreword. Preface. 1. The CLR as a Better COM. COM Revisited. The Common Language Runtime. The Evolution of the Programming Model. 2. Components. Modules Defined. Assemblies Defined. Assembly Names. Public Keys and Assemblies. The CLR Loader. Resolving Names to Locations. Versioning Hazards. 3. Type Basics. Type Fundamentals. Types and Initialization. Types and Interfaces. Types and Base Types. 4. Programming with Type. Types at Runtime. Programming with Metadata. Special Methods. Metadata and Extensibility. 5. Instances. Objects and Values Compared. Variables, Parameters, and Fields. Equivalence Versus Identity. Cloning. Boxing. Arrays. Object Life Cycle. Finalization. 6. Methods. Methods and JIT Compilation. Method Invocation and Type. Interfaces, Virtual Methods, and Abstract Methods. Explicit Method Invocation. Indirect Method Invocation and Delegates. Asynchronous Method Invocation. Method Termination. 7. Advanced Methods. Motivation. Messages as Method Calls. Stack and Message Transitions. Proxiable Types. Message Processing (Revisited). Objects and Context. Contexts and Interception. 8. Domains. Execution Scope and the CLR. Programming with AppDomains. AppDomain Events. AppDomains and the Assembly Resolver. AppDomains and Code Management. AppDomains and Objects (Revisited). 9. Security. Components and Security. Evidence. Policy. Permissions. Enforcement. 10. CLR Externals. Memory. Modes of Execution. Unmanaged Modules. Loading the CLR. The CLR as a COM Component. Glossary. Index. 0201734117T09272002