Object-Oriented Programming With Visual Basic.Net

by Hamilton, J. P.

• ISBN13: 9780596001469
• ISBN10: 0596001460
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

Visual Basic .NET is the first truly object-oriented version of the Visual Basic language. The VB community, having just recently become comfortable with the limited object orientation available in Visual Basic 6.0, will face a significant learning curve. The purpose of Object- Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET is to introduce the concepts of object-oriented programming using Visual Basic .NET. VB .NET is a language that facilitates object-oriented programming, but does not guarantee good object-oriented code. For this reason, many fundamentals of object-oriented design (OOD) are introduced throughout the book.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	1	(9)
Visual Basic .NET and Object-Oriented Programming	3	(3)
The .NET Framework	6	(4)
Object Fundamentals	10	(21)
Creating and Compiling the Component	10	(2)
Namespaces	12	(1)
Using a Component	13	(1)
Application Domains	14	(2)
Contexts	16	(1)
Assemblies	16	(2)
Intermediate Language	18	(5)
The Global Assembly Cache	23	(2)
System Namespace	25	(6)
Class Anatomy	31	(40)
Member Variables	32	(1)
Properties	33	(3)
Methods	36	(1)
Access Modifiers	37	(6)
Passing Parameters	43	(2)
Value Types	45	(3)
Creation and Destruction	48	(7)
Delegates and Events	55	(11)
Design Considerations	66	(1)
An Exercise	66	(5)
Object-Orientation	71	(26)
Generalization and Specialization	71	(1)
Inheritance	72	(6)
Containment	78	(3)
Polymorphism	81	(1)
Overloading	81	(4)
Overriding	85	(3)
Substitution	88	(9)
Interfacing .NET	97	(25)
Private Implementation	98	(1)
Versioning	99	(1)
Interfaces Versus Abstract Base Classes	100	(3)
Interfaces in .NET	103	(18)
Design Considerations	121	(1)
Exceptional Objects	122	(26)
The Basics of Exception Handling	122	(5)
Unhandled Exception Handler	127	(3)
The StackTrace Object	130	(3)
Resuming Code	133	(6)
Retrying Code	139	(3)
Performance Counters	142	(6)
Object Inspection	148	(42)
Reflection	148	(1)
Runtime Type Discovery	149	(13)
Dynamic Type Loading	162	(5)
Attributes	167	(5)
Custom Attributes	172	(18)
Object In, Object Out	190	(38)
Streams	190	(4)
Readers and Writers	194	(6)
Serialization	200	(12)
Schema Definition Tool	212	(1)
Custom Serialization	213	(4)
NetworkStream	217	(11)
Object Remoting	228	(34)
Channels	228	(2)
A Remotable Object	230	(2)
Windows Services	232	(9)
The Client	241	(7)
Designing for Remoting	248	(1)
Marshal by Value (MBV)	249	(6)
Hosting Objects in IIS	255	(3)
Windows Service Versus IIS	258	(1)
Authentication	259	(3)
Web Services	262	(21)
Writing a Web Service	263	(7)
Web Services Versus Remoting	270	(1)
Using Web Services from .NET Remoting	271	(2)
Compatibility	273	(2)
UDDI	275	(1)
Accessing Data for the Web Service	276	(7)
Bibliography	283	(2)
Index	285