Professional C#, 2nd Edition

by Simon Robinson; K. Scott Allen; Ollie Cornes; Jay Glynn; Zach Greenvoss; Burton Harvey; Christian Nagel; Morgan Skinner; Karli Watson

• ISBN13: 9780764558641
• ISBN10: 0764558641
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Significance of .NET and C#	p. 1
So What is .NET?	p. 3
Advantages of .NET	p. 3
Where C# Fits In	p. 4
What You Need to Write and Run C# Code	p. 6
What This Book Covers	p. 6
The C# Language	p. 7
.NET Programming	p. 7
Data Access	p. 7
Internet Programming	p. 7
Components	p. 7
Advanced .NET Programming	p. 7
Conventions	p. 7
Technical Support	p. 8
p2p.wrox.com	p. 9
C# and .NET Architecture	p. 11
The Relationship of C# to .NET	p. 12
The Common Language Runtime	p. 12
Advantages of Managed Code	p. 12
A Closer Look at Intermediate Language	p. 16
Support for Object Orientation and Interfaces	p. 16
Distinct Value and Reference Types	p. 17
Strong Data Typing	p. 18
Error Handling Via Exceptions	p. 24
Use of Attributes	p. 25
Assemblies	p. 25
Private Assemblies	p. 26
Shared Assemblies	p. 27
Reflection	p. 27
.NET Framework Classes	p. 27
Namespaces	p. 29
Creating .NET Applications Using C#	p. 29
Creating ASP .NET Applications	p. 29
Creating Windows Forms	p. 32
Windows Services	p. 32
The Role of C# in .NET Enterprise Architecture	p. 32
Summary	p. 34
C# Basics	p. 37
Before We Start	p. 38
Our First C# Program	p. 38
A Closer Look	p. 39
Variables	p. 42
Initialization of Variables	p. 42
Variable Scope	p. 44
Constants	p. 46
Predefined Data Types	p. 47
Value Types and Reference Types	p. 47
CTS Types	p. 49
Predefined Value Types	p. 49
Predefined Reference Types	p. 53
Flow Control	p. 55
Conditional Statements	p. 55
Loops	p. 60
Jump Statements	p. 63
Program Structure	p. 64
Classes	p. 65
Structs	p. 67
Methods	p. 68
Declaring Methods	p. 68
Invoking Methods	p. 69
Passing Parameters to Methods	p. 71
Arrays	p. 74
Array Syntax	p. 74
Operators	p. 78
Operator Shortcuts	p. 80
The Ternary Operator	p. 81
checked and unchecked	p. 82
is	p. 83
sizeof	p. 83
typeof	p. 83
Operator Precedence	p. 83
Type Safety	p. 84
Type Conversions	p. 84
Boxing and Unboxing	p. 88
Enumerations	p. 89
Namespaces	p. 91
The using Statement	p. 92
Namespace Aliases	p. 93
The Main() Method	p. 94
Multiple Main() Methods	p. 94
Passing Arguments to Main()	p. 95
More on Compiling C# Files	p. 96
Console I/O	p. 98
Using Comments	p. 100
XML Documentation	p. 101
Identifiers and Keywords	p. 104
Summary	p. 105
Object-Oriented C#	p. 109
Classes and Inheritance	p. 110
Single Implementation Inheritance	p. 110
Method Overloading	p. 111
Method Overriding and Hiding	p. 112
Calling Base Versions of Functions	p. 114
Abstract Classes and Functions	p. 115
Sealed Classes and Methods	p. 115
Access Modifiers	p. 116
Properties	p. 117
Read-Only and Write-Only Properties	p. 118
Access Modifiers	p. 118
Virtual and Abstract Properties	p. 119
Inlining	p. 119
The Object Class	p. 119
The ToString() method	p. 121
Interfaces	p. 122
Construction and Disposal	p. 129
Constructors	p. 130
Cleaning up: Destructors and Dispose()	p. 140
Using the IDisposable Interface	p. 144
Implementing Destructors and Dispose()	p. 145
readonly Fields	p. 146
Structs	p. 148
Structs Are Value Types	p. 149
Structs and Inheritance	p. 150
Constructors for Structs	p. 151
Operator Overloading	p. 151
How Operators Work	p. 153
Indexers	p. 162
Summary	p. 166
Advanced C# Topics	p. 169
Errors and Exception Handling	p. 170
Exception Classes	p. 170
Catching Exceptions	p. 172
User-Defined Exception Classes	p. 182
User-Defined Casts	p. 190
Implementing User-Defined Casts	p. 192
Multiple Casting	p. 199
Delegates	p. 203
Using Delegates in C#	p. 204
SimpleDelegate Example	p. 207
BubbleSorter Example	p. 209
Multicast Delegates	p. 212
Events	p. 214
The Consumer's View of Events	p. 215
Events Example: Console Notifications	p. 217
The C# Preprocessor Directives	p. 224
#define and #undef	p. 224
#if, #elif, #else, and #endif	p. 225
#warning and #error	p. 226
#region and #endregion	p. 226
#line	p. 227
Attributes	p. 227
Memory Management Under the Hood	p. 231
Unsafe Code	p. 237
Pointers	p. 237
Using Pointers to Optimize Performance	p. 252
Summary	p. 256
C# and the Base Classes	p. 259
System.Object	p. 260
Comparing Reference Objects for Equality	p. 262
Comparing Value Types for Equality	p. 264
String Handling	p. 264
System.String	p. 265
Building Strings	p. 266
Format Strings	p. 270
Regular Expressions	p. 276
Introduction to Regular Expressions	p. 277
The RegularExpressionsPlayaround Example	p. 278
Displaying Results	p. 280
Matches, Groups, and Captures	p. 282
Groups of Objects	p. 284
Array Lists	p. 285
Collections	p. 287
Dictionaries	p. 291
Custom Attributes	p. 301
Writing Custom Attributes	p. 302
The WhatsNewAttributes Example	p. 306
Reflection	p. 309
The System Type Class	p. 309
The TypeView Example	p. 312
The Assembly Class	p. 314
Completing the WhatsNewAttributes Sample	p. 316
Threading	p. 320
Applications with Multiple Threads	p. 321
Manipulating Threads	p. 322
The ThreadPlayaround Sample	p. 325
Thread Priorities	p. 328
Synchronization	p. 329
Summary	p. 334
Programming in the .NET Environment	p. 337
Visual Studio .NET	p. 338
Creating a Project	p. 341
Solutions and Projects	p. 346
Windows Application Code	p. 350
Reading in Visual Studio 6 Projects	p. 350
Exploring and Coding a Project	p. 351
Building a Project	p. 363
Debugging	p. 367
Other .NET Tools	p. 370
WinCV	p. 371
.NET Usage Guidelines	p. 372
Naming Conventions	p. 373
Use of Properties and Methods	p. 377
Use of Fields	p. 377
Summary	p. 378
Windows Applications	p. 381
Windows Applications in .NET	p. 382
Windows Forms	p. 384
Windows Forms Without Visual Studio .NET	p. 384
Windows Forms Using Visual Studio .NET	p. 389
Menus	p. 395
Dialogs	p. 401
Visual Inheritance	p. 411
Windows Controls	p. 415
Dynamic Controls	p. 416
Custom Controls	p. 421
The UserControl Class	p. 421
Summary	p. 435
Assemblies	p. 437
What are Assemblies?	p. 437
The Answer to DLL Hell	p. 438
Features of Assemblies	p. 439
Application Domains and Assemblies	p. 440
Assembly Structure	p. 443
Assembly Manifests	p. 444
Namespaces, Assemblies, and Components	p. 444
Private and Shared Assemblies	p. 445
Viewing Assemblies	p. 445
Building Assemblies	p. 447
Cross-Language Support	p. 451
The CTS and the CLS	p. 452
Language Independence in Action	p. 453
CLS Requirements	p. 462
Adding Resources to Assemblies	p. 464
Creating Resource Files	p. 465
Using Resource Files	p. 466
Internationalization and Resources	p. 469
Localization Example Using Visual Studio .NET	p. 475
Global Assembly Cache	p. 485
Native Image Generator	p. 486
Global Assembly Cache Viewer	p. 486
Creating Shared Assemblies	p. 488
Shared Assembly Names	p. 488
Creating a Shared Assembly	p. 491
Configuration	p. 495
Configuration Categories	p. 495
Versioning	p. 496
Configuring Directories	p. 505
Deployment	p. 508
Deployment of DLLs	p. 508
Creating a Merge Module	p. 508
Summary	p. 510
Data Access with .NET	p. 513
ADO.NET Overview	p. 514
Namespaces	p. 514
Shared Classes	p. 515
Database Specific Classes	p. 515
Using Database Connections	p. 516
Using Connections Efficiently	p. 517
Transactions	p. 520
Commands	p. 521
Executing Commands	p. 522
Calling Stored Procedures	p. 526
Quick Data Access: The Data Reader	p. 529
Managing Data and Relationships: The DataSet	p. 532
Data Tables	p. 533
Data Relationships	p. 540
Data Constraints	p. 542
XML Schemas	p. 544
Generating Code with XSD	p. 545
Populating a DataSet	p. 550
Populating a DataSet Using a DataAdapter	p. 550
Populating a DataSet from XML	p. 552
Persisting DataSet Changes	p. 552
Updating with Data Adapters	p. 553
Writing XML Output	p. 555
Working with ADO.NET	p. 557
Tiered Development	p. 557
Key Generation with SQL Server	p. 558
Naming Conventions	p. 561
Performance	p. 562
Summary	p. 563
Viewing .NET Data	p. 567
The DataGrid Control	p. 568
Displaying Tabular Data	p. 568
Data Sources	p. 570
DataGrid Class Hierarchy	p. 578
Data Binding	p. 582
Simple Binding	p. 582
Data Binding Objects	p. 583
Visual Studio and Data Access	p. 589
Creating a Connection	p. 589
Selecting Data	p. 592
Generating a DataSet	p. 594
Updating the Data Source	p. 595
Building a Schema	p. 597
Other Common Requirements	p. 603
Summary	p. 611
Manipulating XML	p. 615
XML Standards Support in .NET	p. 616
Introducing the System.Xml Namespace	p. 616
Using MSXML in .NET	p. 617
Using System.Xml Classes	p. 621
Reading and Writing Streamed XML	p. 621
Using the XmlTextReader Class	p. 622
Using the XmlValidatingReader Class	p. 626
Using the XmlTextWriter Class	p. 629
Using the DOM in .NET	p. 631
Using the XmlDocument Class	p. 633
Using XPath and XSLT in .NET	p. 637
The System.XPath Namespace	p. 638
The System.Xml.Xsl Namespace	p. 642
XML and ADO.NET	p. 647
Converting ADO.NET Data to XML	p. 647
Converting XML to ADO.NET Data	p. 655
Reading and Writing a DiffGram	p. 658
Serializing Objects in XML	p. 661
Serialization Without Sourcecode Access	p. 669
Summary	p. 671
File and Registry Operations	p. 673
Managing the File System	p. 674
.NET Classes that Represent Files and Folders	p. 675
The Path Class	p. 677
Example: A File Browser	p. 678
Moving, Copying, and Deleting Files	p. 683
Example: FilePropertiesAndMovement	p. 684
Reading and Writing to Files	p. 688
Streams	p. 688
Reading and Writing to Binary Files	p. 690
Reading and Writing to Text Files	p. 696
Reading and Writing to the Registry	p. 703
The Registry	p. 703
The .NET Registry Classes	p. 706
Example: SelfPlacingWindow	p. 708
Summary	p. 715
Working with the Active Directory	p. 717
Architecture of the Active Directory	p. 718
Features	p. 718
Active Directory Concepts	p. 719
Characteristics of Active Directory Data	p. 723
Schema	p. 723
Administration Tools for the Active Directory	p. 724
Active Directory Users and Computers	p. 725
ADSI Edit	p. 726
ADSI Viewer	p. 727
Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI)	p. 729
Programming the Active Directory	p. 729
Classes in System.DirectoryServices	p. 730
Binding	p. 730
Getting Directory Entries	p. 735
Object Collections	p. 737
Cache	p. 738
Creating New Objects	p. 739
Updating Directory Entries	p. 740
Accessing Native ADSI Objects	p. 741
Searching in the Active Directory	p. 742
Searching for User Objects	p. 746
User Interface	p. 746
Get the Schema Naming Context	p. 747
Get the Property Names of the User Class	p. 748
Search For User Objects	p. 749
Summary	p. 751
ASP.NET Pages	p. 753
ASP.NET Introduction	p. 754
State Management in ASP.NET	p. 755
ASP.NET Web Forms	p. 755
ASP.NET Server Controls	p. 760
ADO.NET and Data Binding	p. 773
Updating the Event Booking Application	p. 774
More on Data Binding	p. 782
Application Configuration	p. 788
Summary	p. 789
Web Services	p. 791
SOAP	p. 792
WSDL	p. 793
Web Services	p. 795
Exposing Web Services	p. 795
Consuming Web Services	p. 798
Extending the Meeting Room Booker Example	p. 801
The Meeting Room Booking Web Service	p. 802
The Meeting Room Booker Client	p. 804
Exchanging Data using SOAP Headers	p. 807
Summary	p. 811
User Controls and Custom Controls	p. 815
User Controls	p. 816
A Simple User Control	p. 816
Custom Controls	p. 823
Custom Control Project Configuration	p. 824
Basic Custom Controls	p. 829
Creating a Composite Custom Control	p. 835
A Straw Poll Control	p. 837
The Candidate Controls	p. 839
The StrawPoll Control Builder	p. 840
Straw Poll Style	p. 842
The Straw Poll Control	p. 842
Summary	p. 849
COM Interoperability	p. 851
A Quick Tour of COM	p. 852
How COM Works	p. 852
Using COM Components in .NET	p. 853
Binding to COM Components	p. 853
Runtime Callable Wrappers	p. 853
Using a C++ COM Component	p. 857
Filling a DataSet with a Recordset	p. 860
Late Binding to COM Components	p. 862
Releasing COM Objects	p. 863
Using ActiveX Controls in .NET	p. 864
Using .NET Components in COM	p. 866
COM-Callable Wrappers	p. 866
The C# Factorial Component	p. 867
Early Binding to .NET Components	p. 869
Platform Invocation Services	p. 870
Accessing Unmanaged Code	p. 871
Summary	p. 872
COM+ Services	p. 875
COM+ Services in Perspective	p. 875
The Component Services Snap-In	p. 876
Features of COM+ Services	p. 877
Transactions	p. 878
Just-In-Time Activation (JIT)	p. 879
Security	p. 880
Events	p. 880
Object Pooling	p. 881
Message Queuing	p. 882
Component Load Balancing	p. 882
Using COM+ Services with .NET Assemblies	p. 883
Using Transactions with .NET Assemblies	p. 885
Using Object Pooling with .NET Assemblies	p. 891
Using JIT Activation with .NET Assemblies	p. 893
Summary	p. 894
Graphics with GDI+	p. 897
Understanding Drawing Principles	p. 898
GDI and GDI+	p. 898
Drawing Shapes	p. 900
Painting Shapes Using OnPaint()	p. 903
Using the Clipping Region	p. 904
Measuring Coordinates and Areas	p. 906
Point and PointF	p. 906
Size and SizeF	p. 908
Rectangle and RectangleF	p. 909
Region	p. 910
A Note about Debugging	p. 911
Drawing Scrollable Windows	p. 912
Colors	p. 919
Red-Green-Blue (RGB) Values	p. 919
The Named Colors	p. 920
Graphics Display Modes and the Safety Palette	p. 920
The Safety Palette	p. 921
Pens and Brushes	p. 921
Brushes	p. 922
Pens	p. 923
Drawing Shapes and Lines	p. 923
Displaying Images	p. 926
Issues When Manipulating Images	p. 928
Drawing Text	p. 929
Simple Text Example	p. 930
Fonts and Font Families	p. 931
Example: Enumerating Font Families	p. 933
Editing a Text Document: The CapsEditor Sample	p. 935
The Invalidate() Method	p. 939
Calculating Item Sizes and Document Size	p. 941
OnPaint()	p. 942
Coordinate Transforms	p. 943
Responding to User Input	p. 945
Printing	p. 948
Summary	p. 954
Accessing the Internet	p. 957
The WebClient Class	p. 958
Downloading Files	p. 958
Basic Web Client Example	p. 958
Uploading Files	p. 960
WebRequest and WebResponse Classes	p. 960
Displaying Output as an HTML Page	p. 963
The Web Request and Web Response Hierarchy	p. 965
Utility Classes	p. 967
URIs	p. 967
IP Addresses and DNS Names	p. 969
Lower-Level Protocols	p. 971
Lower-Level Classes	p. 972
Summary	p. 978
Distributed Applications with .NET Remoting	p. 981
What is .NET Remoting?	p. 982
Web Services Anywhere	p. 983
CLR Object Remoting	p. 983
.NET Remoting Overview	p. 983
Contexts	p. 986
Activation	p. 987
Attributes and Properties	p. 988
Communication between Contexts	p. 988
Remote Objects, Clients, and Servers	p. 988
Remote Objects	p. 989
A Simple Server	p. 990
A Simple Client	p. 991
.NET Remoting Architecture	p. 992
Channels	p. 993
Formatters	p. 996
ChannelServices and RemotingConfiguration	p. 997
Object Activation	p. 998
Message Sinks	p. 1002
Passing Objects in Remote Methods	p. 1003
Lifetime Management	p. 1007
Miscellaneous .NET Remoting Features	p. 1010
Configuration Files	p. 1010
Hosting Applications	p. 1018
Classes, Interfaces, and SoapSuds	p. 1019
Tracking Services	p. 1022
Asynchronous Remoting	p. 1024
Remoting and Events	p. 1025
Call Contexts	p. 1031
Summary	p. 1033
Windows Services	p. 1035
What is a Windows Service?	p. 1036
Windows Services Architecture	p. 1037
Service Program	p. 1037
Service Control Program	p. 1039
Service Configuration Program	p. 1039
System.ServiceProcess Namespace	p. 1040
Creating a Windows Service	p. 1040
A Class Library Using Sockets	p. 1041
TcpClient Example	p. 1044
Windows Service Project	p. 1046
Threading and Services	p. 1051
Service Installation	p. 1052
Installation Program	p. 1052
Monitoring and Controlling the Service	p. 1058
MMC Computer Management	p. 1058
net.exe	p. 1059
sc.exe	p. 1060
Visual Studio .NET Server Explorer	p. 1061
ServiceController Class	p. 1061
Troubleshooting	p. 1067
Interactive Services	p. 1068
Event Logging	p. 1068
Performance Monitoring	p. 1074
Windows 2000 Service Features	p. 1080
Network Binding Changes and Power Events	p. 1080
Recovery	p. 1081
COM+ Applications as Services	p. 1082
Summary	p. 1082
.NET Security	p. 1085
Code Access Security	p. 1086
Code Groups	p. 1087
Code Access Permissions and Permissions Sets	p. 1093
Policy Levels: Machine, User, and Enterprise	p. 1098
Support for Security in the Framework	p. 1100
Demanding Permissions	p. 1100
Requesting Permissions	p. 1103
Implicit Permission	p. 1106
Denying Permissions	p. 1107
Asserting Permissions	p. 1108
Creating Code Access Permissions	p. 1110
Declarative Security	p. 1110
Role-Based Security	p. 1111
The Principal	p. 1112
Windows Principal	p. 1113
Roles	p. 1114
Declarative Role-Based Security	p. 1114
Managing Security Policy	p. 1115
The Security Configuration File	p. 1116
Managing Code Groups and Permissions	p. 1120
Turning Security On and Off	p. 1121
Resetting Security Policy	p. 1121
Creating a Code Group	p. 1121
Deleting a Code Group	p. 1122
Changing a Code Group's Permissions	p. 1122
Creating and Applying Permissions Sets	p. 1123
Distributing Code Using a Strong Name	p. 1126
Distributing Code Using Certificates	p. 1128
Managing Zones	p. 1136
Summary	p. 1138
Principles of Object-Oriented Programming	p. 1141
A Note for VB 6 Programmers	p. 1142
What is an Object?	p. 1142
Objects in Programming	p. 1143
Class Members	p. 1143
Defining a Class	p. 1144
Instantiating and Using Objects	p. 1145
Using Static Members	p. 1147
A Note About Reference Types	p. 1151
Overloading Methods	p. 1152
Properties	p. 1154
Introducing Inheritance	p. 1156
Using Inheritance in C#	p. 1157
Class Hierarchies and Class Design	p. 1163
Polymorphism and Virtual Members	p. 1166
Method Hiding	p. 1169
Abstract Functions and Base Classes	p. 1170
Sealed Classes and Methods	p. 1173
Interfaces	p. 1174
Construction and Disposal	p. 1175
Creating Constructors	p. 1176
Summary	p. 1179
C# Compilation Options	p. 1181
Using the C# Compiler	p. 1181
Input and Output Files	p. 1183
Compiling Different Project Types	p. 1183
Response Files	p. 1183
Compiler Options	p. 1184
Index	p. 1191
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