.NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1 (paperback)

by Abrams, Brad

• ISBN13: 9780768682083
• ISBN10: 0768682088
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-12
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

Edited by a Lead Program Manager on Microsoft's .NET Framework team, .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1,is the definitive reference for the .NET Framework base class library. This book utilizes extensive annotations and code samples from the creators of the technology to move beyond the online documentation and provide .NET developers with a dictionary-style reference to the most-used parts of the Framework. This volume covers a subset of the ISO CLI Standards, including the Base Class Library and the Extended Numerics Library. In the printed book you will find informative overviews of each namespace covered and an easy-to-follow alphabetic reference of types in the standard, including type-level descriptions, sample code with output, and annotations from the design team and standardization committee. With the ECMA and ISO standards as its core, this book includes: Annotationsfrom key members of the Microsoft design team and the Standardization committee. Comments cover everything from design rationale and history to common problems and shortcomings. An overview of each namespace,describing its functionality and the inheritance hierarchy of types it defines. Type descriptions.Each type is covered in its own chapter, with a detailed description of how the type is to be used and a quick reference of the C# declaration syntax for all members defined on the type. Also noted: which members are only available in the Microsoft implementation of the .NET Framework, which are not available in the .NET Compact Framework, and which are only available in V1.1 of the .NET Framework. Code samples.Types are illustrated by fully compilable code samples with output included. Reference tabsand an exhaustive index,which allow readers to quickly and easily navigate the text. Reusable source codefor more than one thousand samples. All code has been tested with versions 1.0, 1.1, and the 2.0 technical preview of the .NET Framework, and, where appropriate, with the .NET Compact Framework.

Author Biography

Brad Abrams was a founding member of both the Common Language Runtime and .NET Framework teams at Microsoft, where he is currently a Lead Program Manager. Brad has been involved with WinFX and Windows Vista efforts from the beginning. His primary role is to ensure consistency and developer productivity of the .NET Framework through Vista and beyond. His popular blog can be found at http://blogs.msdn.com/BradA/.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xvii
Namespace Overviews	p. 1
System	p. 3
System.Collections	p. 11
System.Diagnostics	p. 14
System.Globalization	p. 15
System.IO	p. 17
System.Security	p. 21
System.Text	p. 25
System.Threading	p. 27
Class Libraries	p. 31
System.ApplicationException	p. 33
System.ArgumentException	p. 35
System.ArgumentNullException	p. 37
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	p. 40
System.ArithmeticException	p. 42
System.Array	p. 44
System.Collections.ArrayList	p. 52
System.ArrayTypeMismatchException	p. 57
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding	p. 59
System.AsyncCallback Delegate	p. 61
System.Attribute	p. 63
System.AttributeTargets Enum	p. 68
System.AttributeUsageAttribute	p. 71
System.Boolean Structure	p. 75
System.Byte Structure	p. 77
System.Char Structure	p. 81
System.CharEnumerator	p. 85
System.CLSCompliantAttribute	p. 88
System.Security.CodeAccessPermission	p. 90
System.Security.Permissions.CodeAccessSecurityAttribute	p. 94
System.Collections.Comparer	p. 96
System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute	p. 97
System.Console	p. 100
System.Convert	p. 104
System.DateTime Structure	p. 115
System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo	p. 121
System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles Enum	p. 131
System.Decimal Structure	p. 133
System.Text.Decoder	p. 140
System.Delegate	p. 142
System.Collections.DictionaryEntry Structure	p. 146
System.IO.Directory	p. 148
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException	p. 151
System.DivideByZeroException	p. 153
System.Double Structure	p. 155
System.DuplicateWaitObjectException	p. 160
System.Text.Encoder	p. 163
System.Text.Encoding	p. 164
System.IO.EndOfStreamException	p. 170
System.Enum	p. 172
System.Environment	p. 177
System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermission	p. 180
System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermissionAccess Enum	p. 183
System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermissionAttribute	p. 185
System.EventArgs	p. 187
System.EventHandler Delegate	p. 190
System.Exception	p. 192
System.ExecutionEngineException	p. 198
System.IO.File	p. 201
System.IO.FileAccess Enum	p. 204
System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission	p. 206
System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermissionAccess Enum	p. 211
System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermissionAttribute	p. 213
System.IO.FileLoadException	p. 215
System.IO.FileMode Enum	p. 218
System.IO.FileNotFoundException	p. 220
System.IO.FileShare Enum	p. 223
System.IO.FileStream	p. 225
System.FlagsAttribute	p. 231
System.FormatException	p. 233
System.GC	p. 235
System.Collections.Hashtable	p. 239
System.IAsyncResult Interface	p. 245
System.ICloneable Interface	p. 248
System.Collections.ICollection Interface	p. 251
System.IComparable Interface	p. 254
System.Collections.IComparer Interface	p. 258
System.Collections.IDictionary Interface	p. 260
System.Collections.IDictionaryEnumerator Interface	p. 262
System.IDisposable Interface	p. 264
System.Collections.IEnumerable Interface	p. 267
System.Collections.IEnumerator Interface	p. 269
System.IFormatProvider Interface	p. 271
System.IFormattable Interface	p. 273
System.Collections.IHashCodeProvider Interface	p. 283
System.Collections.IList Interface	p. 286
System.IndexOutOfRangeException	p. 292
System.Int16 Structure	p. 294
System.Int32 Structure	p. 297
System.Int64 Structure	p. 301
System.Threading.Interlocked	p. 304
System.InvalidCastException	p. 307
System.InvalidOperationException	p. 309
System.InvalidProgramException	p. 311
System.IO.IOException	p. 312
System.Security.IPermission Interface	p. 314
System.MarshalByRefObject	p. 317
System.Math	p. 319
System.IO.MemoryStream	p. 321
System.Threading.Monitor	p. 325
System.NotFiniteNumberException	p. 331
System.NotImplementedException	p. 333
System.NotSupportedException	p. 335
System.NullReferenceException	p. 337
System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo	p. 339
System.Globalization.NumberStyles Enum	p. 343
System.Object	p. 347
System.ObjectDisposedException	p. 350
System.ObsoleteAttribute	p. 352
System.OutOfMemoryException	p. 354
System
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