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C# Essentials, 2nd Edition

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Audience About This Book C# Online Conventions Used in This Book How to Contact Us Acknowledgments

Ben Albahari Peter Drayton Brad Merrill

1. Introduction

C# Language Common Language Runtime Framework Class Library A First C# Program

2. C# Language Reference

Identifiers Types

Type Instances Example: Building and Using Types Implicit and Explicit Conversions Categories of Types

Value types Reference types Pointer types

Predefined Types

Integral types

Integral conversions

Floating-point types

Floating-point conversions

decimal type

decimal conversions

char type

char conversions

bool type

bool conversions

object type string type

Types and Memory

Memory for value types Memory for reference types Value types and reference types side by side

Unified Type System

Simple types are value types Value types expand the set of simple types Boxing and unboxing value types

Variables

Definite Assignment Default Values

Expressions and Operators

Operator Precedence Arithmetic Overflow Check Operators

Statements

Expression Statements Declaration Statements Empty Statements Selection Statements

if-else statement switch statement

Loop Statements

while loops do-while loops for loops foreach loops

jump Statements

break statement continue statement goto statement return statement throw statement lock statement using statement

Organizing Types

Files Namespaces

Nesting namespaces Using a type with its fully qualified name using keyword Aliasing types and namespaces Global namespace

Inheritance

Class Conversions

as operator is operator

Polymorphism Virtual Function Members Abstract Classes and Members Sealed Methods and Sealed Classes Hiding Inherited Members Versioning Virtual Function Members

Access Modifiers

Restrictions on Access Modifiers

Classes and Structs

Differences Between Classes and Structs Instance and Static Members Fields Constants

Versioning with constants

Properties Indexers Methods

Signatures Passing arguments by value ref modifier out modifier params modifier Overloading methods

Operators

Implementing value equality Logically paired operators Custom implicit and explicit conversions Three-state logic operators Indirectly overloadable operators

Instance Constructors

Calling base class constructors Field initialization order Constructor access modifiers

Static Constructors

Base class constructor order Static field initialization order Nondeterminism of static constructor calls

Self-Referencing

this keyword base keyword

Destructors and Finalizers Nested Types

Interfaces

Defining an Interface Implementing an Interface Using an Interface Extending an Interface Explicit Interface Implementation Reimplementing an Interface Interface Conversions

Arrays

Multidimensional Arrays Local and Field Array Declarations Array Length and Rank Bounds Checking Array Conversions

Enums

Enum Operators Enum Conversions

Delegates

Multicast Delegates Delegates Compared with Function Pointers Delegates Compared with Interfaces

Events

Defining a Delegate for an Event Storing Data for an Event with EventArgs Declaring and Firing an Event Acting on an Event with Event Handlers Event Accessors

try Statements and Exceptions

try Statement Exceptions catch

Omitting the exception variable Omitting the catch expression Specifying multiple catch clauses

finally Key Properties of the System.Exception Class

Attributes

Attribute Classes Named and Positional Parameters Explicitly Specifying Attribute Targets Specifying Multiple Attributes

Unsafe Code and Pointers

Pointer Types Unsafe Code The fixed Statement Pointer to Member Operator The stackalloc Keyword void* Pointers to Unmanaged Code

Preprocessor Directives

XML Documentation

C/C++-Style Comments Documentation Comments XML Documentation Files Predefined XML Tags User-Defined Tags Type or Member Cross-References

3. Programming the.NET Framework

Common Types

Object Class

Creating FCL-friendly types

ICloneable Interface IComparable Interface IFormattable Interface

Math

Language Support for Math Special Types and Operators Math Class Random Class

Strings

String Class Immutability of Strings String Interning Formatting Strings Indexing Strings Encoding Strings StringBuilder Class

Collections

Concrete Collection Classes

ArrayList class BitArray class Hashtable class Queue class SortedList class Stack class StringCollection class

Collection Interfaces

IEnumerable interface IEnumerator interface ICollection interface IComparer interface IList interface IDictionary interface IDictionaryEnumerator interface IHashCodeProvider interface

Regular Expressions

Regex Class Match and MatchCollection Classes Group Class Capture and CaptureCollection Classes Using Regular Expressions

Input/Output

Streams and Backing Stores

Abstract Stream class Concrete Stream-derived classes Encapsulating raw streams Abstract TextReader/TextWriter classes StreamReader and StreamWriter classes StringReader and StringWriter classes

Directories and Files

Networking

Network Programming Models Generic Request/Response Architecture HTTP-Specific Support Adding New Protocol Handlers Using TCP, UDP, and Sockets Using DNS

Threading

Thread Synchronization

The lock statement Pulse and Wait operations Deadlocks Atomic operations

Common Thread Types Monitor Class

Enter and Exit methods TryEnter methods Wait methods Pulse and PulseAll methods

Assemblies

Elements of an Assembly Packaging Deployment Versioning Type Resolution Security Permissions

Reflection

Type Hierarchy

Types, members, and nested types Assemblies and modules AppDomains

Retrieving the Type for an Instance Retrieving a Type Directly Reflecting Over a Type Hierarchy Late Binding to Types Activation Advanced Uses of Reflection Creating New Types at Runtime

Custom Attributes

Language Support for Custom Attributes Compiler Support for Custom Attributes Runtime Support for Custom Attributes Predefined Attributes

AttributeUsage attribute Conditional attribute Obsolete attribute CLSCompliant attribute Serializable attribute NonSerialized attribute

Defining a New Custom Attribute Retrieving a Custom Attribute at Runtime

Automatic Memory Management

The Garbage Collector Optimization Techniques Finalizers Dispose and Close Methods

Interop with Native DLLs

Marshaling Common Types Marshaling Classes and Structs In and Out Marshaling Callbacks from Unmanaged Code Predefined Interop Support Attributes

DllImport attribute StructLayout attribute FieldOffset attribute MarshalAs attribute In attribute Out attribute

Interop with COM

Binding COM and C# Objects Exposing COM Objects to C# Exposing C# Objects to COM COM Mapping in C# Common COM Interop Support Attributes

ComVisible attribute DispId attribute ProgId attribute Guid attribute InterfaceType attribute ComRegisterFunction attribute

4. Framework Class Library Overview

Core Types Text Collections Streams and I/O Networking Threading Security Reflection and Metadata Assemblies Serialization Remoting Web Services Data Access XML Graphics Rich Client Applications Web-Based Applications Globalization Configuration Advanced Component Services Diagnostics and Debugging Interoperating with Unmanaged Code Compiler and Tool Support Runtime Facilities Native OS Facilities Undocumented Types

5. Essential .NET Tools A. C# Keywords B. Regular Expressions C. Format Specifiers

Picture Format Specifiers DateTime Format Specifiers

D. Data Marshaling E. Working with Assemblies

Building Shareable Assemblies

Building Modules Linking Modules to Assemblies Building with Your New Assemblies Sharing Assemblies

Managing the Global Assembly Cache Using nmake

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