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The second volume of the must-have reference to the .NET Class Libraries, with valuable annotations from the architects at Microsoft.

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/.

Tamara Abrams most recently worked as a Software Test Engineer at Microsoft and, prior to that, was involved in designing and building factory automation software.

Foreword

xv

Preface

xvii

Annotators' Biographies

xxv

Part I Namespace Overviews

System

3

(5)

System.Collections.Specialized

8

(1)

System.Globalization

9

(1)

System.Net

10

(7)

System.Reflection

17

(4)

System.Runtime.CompilerServices

21

(1)

System.Runtime.InteropServices

22

(2)

System.Security.Permissions

24

(2)

System.Xml

26

(5)

Part II Class Libraries

System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily Enum

31

(3)

System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException

34

(3)

System.AppDomain

37

(7)

System.Reflection.Assembly

44

(5)

System.AssemblyLoadEventArgs

49

(2)

System.AssemblyLoadEventHandler Delegate

51

(2)

System.Net.AuthenticationManager

53

(3)

System.Net.Authorization

56

(3)

System.BadlmageFormatException

59

(3)

System.Reflection.Binder

62

(5)

System.Reflection.BindingFlags Enum

67

(4)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention Enum

71

(3)

System.CannotUnloadAppDomainException

74

(2)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.CharSet Enum

76

(3)

System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo Structure

79

(2)

System.Net.CredentialCache

81

(2)

System.Globalization.CultureInfo

83

(16)

System.Runtime.CompilerServices.DecimalConstantAttribute

99

(4)

System.Reflection.DefaultMemberAttribute

103

(2)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute

105

(4)

System.Net.Dns

109

(2)

System.Net.DnsPermission

111

(4)

System.Net.DnsPermissionAttribute

115

(2)

System.Net.EndPoint

117

(2)

System.EntryPointNotFoundException

119

(2)

System.Reflection.EventAttributes Enum

121

(2)

System.Reflection.EventInfo

123

(4)

System.FieldAccessException

127

(2)

System.Reflection.FieldAttributes Enum

129

(3)

System.Reflection.FieldInfo

132

(3)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.FieldOffsetAttribute

135

(4)

System.Xml.Formatting Enum

139

(2)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandle Structure

141

(4)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandleTypeEnum

145

(3)

System.Net.GlobalProxySelection

148

(3)

System.Net.HttpContinueDelegate Delegate

151

(1)

System.Net.HttpStatusCode Enum

152

(3)

System.Net.HttpVersion

155

(2)

System.Net.HttpWebRequest

157

(5)

System.Net.HttpWebResponse

162

(3)

System.Net.IAuthenticationModule Interface

165

(3)

System.Net.ICredentials Interface

168

(2)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.InAttribute

170

(2)

System.IntPtr Structure

172

(4)

System.Net.IPAddress

176

(3)

System.Net.IPEndPoint

179

(2)

System.Net.IPHostEntry

181

(2)

System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Is Volatile

183

(2)

System.Net.IWebProxy Interface

185

(2)

System.Net.IWebRequestCreate Interface

187

(2)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind Enum

189

(3)

System.Net.Sockets.LingerOption

192

(3)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute

195

(3)

System.MemberAccessException

198

(3)

System.Reflection.MemberInfo

201

(4)

System.MethodAccessException

205

(1)

System.Reflection.MethodAttributesEnum

206

(3)

System.Reflection.MethodBase

209

(4)

System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImplAttribute

213

(3)

System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImpIOptions Enum

216

(3)

System.Reflection.MethodInfo

219

(3)

System.MissingFieldException

222

(2)

System.MissingMemberException

224

(2)

System.MissingMethodException

226

(3)

System.Reflection.Module

229

(3)

System.Net.Sockets.MulticastOption

232

(1)

System.Xml.NameTable

233

(5)

System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection

238

(3)

System.Ne.NetworkAccess Enum

241

(2)

System.Net.NetworkCredential

243

(2)

System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream

245

(4)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.OutAttribute

249

(4)

System.ParamArrayAttribute

253

(3)

System.Reflection.ParameterAttributes Enum

256

(3)

System.Reflection.ParameterInfo

259

(3)

System.Reflection.ParameterModifier Structure

262

(1)

System.Reflection.PropertyAttributes Enum

263

(2)

System.Reflection.PropertyInfo

265

(4)

System.Net.Sockets.ProtocolType Enum

269

(2)

System.Net.ProtocolViolationException

271

(2)

System.Xml.ReadState Enum

273

(2)

System.Security.Permissions.ReflectionPermission

275

(4)

System.Security.Permissions.ReflectionPermissionAttribute

279

(3)

System.Security.Permissions.ReflectionPermissionFlag Enum

282

(3)

System.RuntimeFieldHandle Structure

285

(2)

System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers

287

(3)

System.Runtime.MethodHandle Structure

290

(2)

System.RuntimeTypeHandle Structure

292

(3)

System.Net.Sockets.SelectMode Enum

295

(2)

System.Net.ServicePoint

297

(2)

System.Net.ServicePointManager

299

(3)

System.Net.Sockets.Socket

302

(12)

System.Net.SocketAddress

314

(2)

System.Net.Sockets.SocketException

316

(2)

System.Net.Sockets.SocketFlags Enum

318

(2)

System.Net.Sockets.SocketOptionLevel Enum

320

(2)

System.Net.Sockets.SocketOptionName Enum

322

(2)

System.Net.SocketPermission

324

(4)

System.Net.SocketPermissionAttribute

328

(1)

System.Net.Sockets.SocketShutdown Enum

329

(2)

System.Net.Sockets.SocketType Enum

331

(2)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute

333

(6)

System.Reflection.TargetException

339

(2)

System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException

341

(2)

System.Reflection.TargetParameterCountException

343

(2)

System.Net.TransportType Enum

345

(2)

System.Reflection.TypeAttributes Enum

347

(4)

System.TypeLoadException

351

(2)

System.TypeUnloadedException

353

(2)

System.UIntPtr Structure

355

(2)

System.UnhandledExceptionEventArgs

357

(2)

System.UnhandledExceptionEventHandler Delegate

359

(2)

System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType Enum

361

(4)

System.Uri

365

(7)

System.UriBuilder

372

(3)

System.UriFormatException

375

(2)

System.UriHostNameType Enum

377

(2)

System.UriPartial Enum

379

(2)

System.Void Structure

381

(2)

System.Net.WebClient

383

(4)

System.Net.WebException

387

(2)

System.Net.WebExceptionStatus Enum

389

(2)

System.Net.WebHeaderCollection

391

(4)

System.Net.WebPermission

395

(3)

System.Net.WebPermissionAttribute

398

(2)

System.Net.WebProxy

400

(3)

System.Net.WebRequest

403

(5)

System.Net.WebResponse

408

(4)

System.Xml.WhitespaceHandling Enum

412

(3)

System.Xml.WriteState Enum

415

(2)

System.Xml.XmlConvert

417

(5)

System.Xml.XmlException

422

(3)

System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager

425

(3)

System.Xml.XmlNameTable

428

(2)

System.Xml.XmlNodeType Enum

430

(2)

System.Xml.XmlParserContext

432

(3)

System.Xml.XmlReader

435

(6)

System.Xml.XmlResolver

441

(2)

System.Xml.XmlSpace Enum

443

(2)

System.Xml.XmlTextReader

445

(6)

System.Xml.XmlTextWriter

451

(5)

System.Xml.XmlUrlResolver

456

(2)

System.Xml.XmlWriter

458

(3)

Annotations Index

461

(2)

Index

463

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This book is intended for anyone building applications using the .NET Framework. It is meant to be a dictionary-style reference to the core types in the Framework. The .NET Framework is huge. The amount of time that would be required limits our ability to cover the entire .NET Framework in the depth it deserves. As a result, we have focused the scope of this book on the most important, widely used types in the Framework. Luckily, such a subset was already created in the standardization process of the Common Language Runtime and the C# Programming Language. This book covers the second half of that subset (Volume 1 covered the first half). In the printed portion of this volume you will find all the type-level information for these types. Both the type-level information and member-level information are available in electronic form on the CD. To make the standard more accessible, this book includes the following features: Annotations from key folks involved in the design of the .NET Framework Namespace overviews Type descriptions Sample code to illustrate type uses A fully searchable CD that includes all source code, descriptions, annotations, and examples These features not only bring the standard to life, but more importantly, they serve as a convenient, informative reference to the most used types in the .NET Framework. The Standard At the Professional Developer's Conference in October 2001, Microsoft, in partnership with HP and Intel, began the ECMA standardization process of three core parts of its new developer platform: the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), the C# programming language, and a subset of the .NET Framework that is included in the CLI and referenced in the C# specification. The CLI and the C# programming language are covered in other books in this series. Jim Miller and Susann Ragsdale'sThe Common Language Infrastructure Annotated Standard (Addison-Wesley, 2004) covers the CLI, which includes the metadata file format, IL Instruction set, and the type system. The C# Programming Language (Addison-Wesley, 2004) by Anders Hejlsberg, Scott Wiltamuth, and Peter Golde covers the C# programming language specification. This book covers the second half of the .NET Framework as standardized in ECMA 335 and ISO 23271. The standards break the .NET Framework into seven different libraries to allow conformant implementations in resource-constrained environments. Those libraries are as follows: Base Class Library--A simple runtime library for modern programming languages. It serves as the standard for the runtime library for the language C#, as well as one of the CLI standard libraries. It provides types to represent the built-in data types of the CLI, simple file access, custom attributes, security attributes, string manipulation, formatting, streams, collections, and so forth. Extended Numerics Library--Provides the support for floating-point ( System.Single, System.Double ) and extended-precision ( System.Decimal ) data types. Like the Base Class Library, this library is directly referenced by the C# standard. Network Library--Provides simple networking services, including direct access to network ports and HTTP support. Reflection Library--Provides the ability to examine the structure of types, create instances of types, and invoke methods on types, all based on a description of the type. XML Library--Provides a simple "pull-style" parser for XML. It is designed for resource-constrained devices, yet provides a simple user model. Runtime Infrastructure Library--Provides the services needed by a compiler to target the CLI and the facilities needed to dynamically load types from

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