C# In A Nutshell Tutorial

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C# In A Nutshell Tutorial

Part I: Programming with C# Chapter 1. Introducing C# and the .NET Framework 1.1 The C# Language 1.2 The .NET Framework 1.3 ECMA Standardization 1.4 Changes in Visual C# 2003 Chapter 2. C# Language Basics 2.1 A First C# Program 2.2 Identifiers and Keywords 2.3 Type Basics 2.4 Value Types and Reference Types 2.5 Predefined Types 2.6 Arrays 2.7 Variables and Parameters 2.8 Expressions and Operators 2.9 Statements 2.10 Namespaces Chapter 3. Creating Types in C# 3.1 Classes 3.2 Inheritance 3.3 Access Modifiers 3.4 Structs 3.5 Interfaces 3.6 Enums Chapter 4. Advanced C# Features 4.1 Delegates 4.2 Delegates Versus Function Pointers 4.3 Delegates Versus Interfaces 4.4 Events 4.5 Operator Overloading 4.6 Try Statements and Exceptions 4.7 Attributes 4.8 Unsafe Code and Pointers 4.9 Preprocessor Directives 4.10 XML Documentation Part II: Programming with the .NET Framework Chapter 5. Framework Class Library Overview 5.1 Core Types 5.2 Text 5.3 Collections 5.4 Streams and I/O 5.5 Networking 5.6 Threading 5.7 Security 5.8 Reflection and Metadata 5.9 Assemblies 5.10 Serialization 5.11 Remoting 5.12 Web Services 5.13 Data Access 5.14 XML 5.15 Graphics 5.16 Rich Client Applications 5.17 Web-Based Applications 5.18 Globalization 5.19 Configuration 5.20 Advanced Component Services 5.21 Diagnostics and Debugging 5.22 Interoperating with Unmanaged Code 5.23 Compiler and Tool Support 5.24 Runtime Facilities 5.25 Native OS Facilities 5.26 Undocumented Types Chapter 6. String Handling 6.1 String Class 6.2 StringBuilder Class 6.3 Regular Expression Support 6.4 Regular Expression Basics 6.5 Procedural- and Expression-Based Patterns 6.6 Cookbook Regular Expressions Chapter 7. Collections 7.1 Iterating Over Collections 7.2 Standard Collection Interfaces 7.3 Predefined Collection Classes 7.4 Ordering Instances 7.5 Generating Hash Code Chapter 8. XML I/O 8.1 Accessing XML Documents 8.2 Parsing an XML Stream 8.3 Selecting Nodes Using XPath 8.4 Transforming a Document Using XSLT Chapter 9. Networking 9.1 Network Programming Models 9.2 Generic Request/Response Architecture 9.3 HTTP-Specific Support 9.4 WebClient 9.5 Adding New Protocol Handlers 9.6 Using TCP, UDP, and Sockets 9.7 Using DNS Chapter 10. Streams and I/O 10.1 Streams and Backing Stores 10.2 Encapsulating Raw Streams 10.3 Directories and Files 10.4 Isolated Storage Chapter 11. Serialization 11.1 What Is Serialization? 11.2 Serialization Support in the Framework 11.3 Explicit Serialization 11.4 Implicit Serialization 11.5 [Serializable] 11.6 [NonSerialized] 11.7 IDeserializationCallback 11.8 ISerializable 11.9 [Serializable] and ISerializable Chapter 12. Assemblies 12.1 Elements of an Assembly 12.2 Assemblies and Modules 12.3 Scoping Types and Type References 12.4 Naming and Signing Assemblies 12.5 Resolving and Loading Assemblies 12.6 Deployment 12.7 Security Permissions Chapter 13. Reflection 13.1 Type Hierarchy 13.2 Types, Members, and Nested Types 13.3 Retrieving the Type for an Instance 13.4 Retrieving a Type Directly 13.5 Reflecting Over a Type Hierarchy 13.6 Late Binding 13.7 Advanced Uses of Reflection 13.8 Creating New Types at Runtime Chapter 14. Custom Attributes 14.1 Language Support 14.2 Compiler Support 14.3 Runtime Support 14.4 Predefined Attributes 14.5 Defining a New Custom Attribute 14.6 Retrieving a Custom Attribute at Runtime Chapter 15. Memory Management 15.1 The Garbage Collector 15.2 Optimization Techniques 15.3 Finalizers 15.4 Dispose and Close Methods Chapter 16. Threading 16.1 Thread Synchronization 16.2 Common Thread Types 16.3 Asynchronous Delegates Chapter 17. Integrating with Native DLLs 17.1 Calling Into DLLs 17.2 Marshaling Common Types 17.3 Marshaling Classes and Structs 17.4 In and Out Marshaling 17.5 Callbacks from Unmanaged Code 17.6 Simulating a C Union 17.7 Mapping a Struct to a Binary Format 17.8 Predefined Interop Support Attributes Chapter 18. Integrating with COM Components 18.1 Binding COM and C# Objects 18.2 Exposing COM Objects to C# 18.3 Exposing C# Objects to COM 18.4 COM Mapping in C# 18.5 Common COM Interop Support Attributes 18.6 COM+ Support Chapter 19. Diagnostics 19.1 Logging and Assertion Facilities 19.2 Conditional Compilation 19.3 Debugger Integration 19.4 Processes, Threads, and Stacks 19.5 Event Logs 19.6 Performance Counters Chapter 20. C# Language Reference Part III: Language and Tools Reference Chapter 21. XML Documentation Tag Reference Chapter 22. C# Naming and Coding Conventions 22.1 Case 22.2 Mechanics 22.3 Word Choice 22.4 Namespaces Chapter 23. C# Development Tools ADepends.exe Al.exe Cordbg.exe Csc.exe DbgCLR.exe GacUtil.exe ILasm.exe ILDasm.exe InstallUtil.exe Ngen.exe Nmake.exe PEVerify.exe RegAsm.exe RegSvcs.exe Sn.exe SoapSuds.exe TlbExp.exe TlbImp.exe Wsdl.exe WinCV.exe Xsd.exe Part IV: API Quick Reference Chapter 24. How to Use This Quick Reference 24.1 Finding a Quick-Reference Entry 24.2 Reading a Quick-Reference Entry Chapter 25. The Microsoft.Win32 Namespace PowerModeChangedEventArgs PowerModeChangedEventHandler PowerModes Registry RegistryHive RegistryKey SessionEndedEventArgs SessionEndedEventHandler SessionEndingEventArgs SessionEndingEventHandler SessionEndReasons SystemEvents TimerElapsedEventArgs TimerElapsedEventHandler UserPreferenceCategory UserPreferenceChangedEventArgs UserPreferenceChangedEventHandler UserPreferenceChangingEventArgs UserPreferenceChangingEventHandler Chapter 26. System Activator AppDomain AppDomainSetup AppDomainUnloadedException ApplicationException ArgIterator ArgumentException ArgumentNullException ArgumentOutOfRangeException ArithmeticException Array ArrayTypeMismatchException AssemblyLoadEventArgs AssemblyLoadEventHandler AsyncCallback Attribute AttributeTargets AttributeUsageAttribute BadImageFormatException BitConverter Boolean Buffer Byte CannotUnloadAppDomainException Char CharEnumerator CLSCompliantAttribute Console ContextBoundObject ContextMarshalException ContextStaticAttribute Convert CrossAppDomainDelegate DateTime DayOfWeek DBNull Decimal Delegate DivideByZeroException DllNotFoundException Double DuplicateWaitObjectException EntryPointNotFoundException Enum Environment Environment.SpecialFolder EventArgs EventHandler Exception ExecutionEngineException FieldAccessException FlagsAttribute FormatException GC Guid IAsyncResult ICloneable IComparable IConvertible ICustomFormatter IDisposable IFormatProvider IFormattable Int16 Int32 Int64 IntPtr InvalidCastException InvalidOperationException InvalidProgramException IServiceProvider LoaderOptimization LoaderOptimizationAttribute LocalDataStoreSlot MarshalByRefObject Math MemberAccessException MethodAccessException MissingFieldException MissingMemberException MissingMethodException MTAThreadAttribute MulticastDelegate MulticastNotSupportedException NonSerializedAttribute NotFiniteNumberException NotImplementedException NotSupportedException NullReferenceException Object ObjectDisposedException ObsoleteAttribute OperatingSystem OutOfMemoryException OverflowException ParamArrayAttribute PlatformID PlatformNotSupportedException Random RankException ResolveEventArgs ResolveEventHandler RuntimeTypeHandle SByte SerializableAttribute Single StackOverflowException STAThreadAttribute String SystemException ThreadStaticAttribute TimeSpan TimeZone Type TypeCode TypeInitializationException TypeLoadException TypeUnloadedException UInt16 UInt32 UInt64 UIntPtr UnauthorizedAccessException UnhandledExceptionEventArgs UnhandledExceptionEventHandler Uri UriBuilder UriFormatException UriHostNameType UriPartial ValueType Version Void WeakReference Chapter 27. System.Collections ArrayList BitArray CaseInsensitiveComparer CaseInsensitiveHashCodeProvider CollectionBase Comparer DictionaryBase DictionaryEntry Hashtable ICollection IComparer IDictionary IDictionaryEnumerator IEnumerable IEnumerator IHashCodeProvider IList Queue ReadOnlyCollectionBase SortedList Stack Chapter 28. System.Collections.Specialized BitVector32 BitVector32.Section CollectionsUtil HybridDictionary ListDictionary NameObjectCollectionBase NameObjectCollectionBase.KeysCollection NameValueCollection StringCollection StringDictionary StringEnumerator Chapter 29. System.Diagnostics BooleanSwitch ConditionalAttribute CounterCreationData CounterCreationDataCollection CounterSample CounterSampleCalculator Debug DebuggableAttribute Debugger DebuggerHiddenAttribute DebuggerStepThroughAttribute DefaultTraceListener EntryWrittenEventArgs EntryWrittenEventHandler EventLog EventLogEntry EventLogEntryCollection EventLogEntryType EventLogInstaller EventLogPermission EventLogPermissionAccess EventLogPermissionAttribute EventLogPermissionEntry EventLogPermissionEntryCollection EventLogTraceListener FileVersionInfo InstanceData InstanceDataCollection InstanceDataCollectionCollection MonitoringDescriptionAttribute PerformanceCounter PerformanceCounterCategory PerformanceCounterInstaller PerformanceCounterPermission PerformanceCounterPermissionAccess PerformanceCounterPermissionAttribute PerformanceCounterPermissionEntry PerformanceCounterPermissionEntryCollection PerformanceCounterType Process ProcessModule ProcessModuleCollection ProcessPriorityClass ProcessStartInfo ProcessThread ProcessThreadCollection ProcessWindowStyle StackFrame StackTrace Switch TextWriterTraceListener ThreadPriorityLevel ThreadState ThreadWaitReason Trace TraceLevel TraceListener TraceListenerCollection TraceSwitch Chapter 30. System.Globalization Calendar CalendarWeekRule CompareInfo CompareOptions CultureInfo CultureTypes DateTimeFormatInfo DateTimeStyles DaylightTime GregorianCalendar GregorianCalendarTypes HebrewCalendar HijriCalendar JapaneseCalendar JulianCalendar KoreanCalendar NumberFormatInfo NumberStyles RegionInfo SortKey StringInfo TaiwanCalendar TextElementEnumerator TextInfo ThaiBuddhistCalendar UnicodeCategory Chapter 31. System.IO BinaryReader BinaryWriter BufferedStream Directory DirectoryInfo DirectoryNotFoundException EndOfStreamException ErrorEventArgs ErrorEventHandler File FileAccess FileAttributes FileInfo FileLoadException FileMode FileNotFoundException FileShare FileStream FileSystemEventArgs FileSystemEventHandler FileSystemInfo FileSystemWatcher InternalBufferOverflowException IODescriptionAttribute IOException MemoryStream NotifyFilters Path PathTooLongException RenamedEventArgs RenamedEventHandler SeekOrigin Stream StreamReader StreamWriter StringReader StringWriter TextReader TextWriter WaitForChangedResult WatcherChangeTypes Chapter 32. System.IO.IsolatedStorage INormalizeForIsolatedStorage IsolatedStorage IsolatedStorageException IsolatedStorageFile IsolatedStorageFileStream IsolatedStorageScope Chapter 33. System.Net AuthenticationManager Authorization Cookie CookieCollection CookieContainer CookieException CredentialCache Dns DnsPermission DnsPermissionAttribute EndPoint EndpointPermission FileWebRequest FileWebResponse GlobalProxySelection HttpContinueDelegate HttpStatusCode HttpVersion HttpWebRequest HttpWebResponse IAuthenticationModule ICertificatePolicy ICredentials IPAddress IPEndPoint IPHostEntry IWebProxy IWebRequestCreate NetworkAccess NetworkCredential ProtocolViolationException SecurityProtocolType ServicePoint ServicePointManager SocketAddress SocketPermission SocketPermissionAttribute TransportType WebClient WebException WebExceptionStatus WebHeaderCollection WebPermission WebPermissionAttribute WebProxy WebRequest WebResponse Chapter 34. System.Net.Sockets AddressFamily IPv6MulticastOption LingerOption MulticastOption NetworkStream ProtocolFamily ProtocolType SelectMode Socket SocketException SocketFlags SocketOptionLevel SocketOptionName SocketShutdown SocketType TcpClient TcpListener UdpClient Chapter 35. System.Reflection AmbiguousMatchException Assembly AssemblyAlgorithmIdAttribute AssemblyCompanyAttribute AssemblyConfigurationAttribute AssemblyCopyrightAttribute AssemblyCultureAttribute AssemblyDefaultAliasAttribute AssemblyDelaySignAttribute AssemblyDescriptionAttribute AssemblyFileVersionAttribute AssemblyFlagsAttribute AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute AssemblyKeyFileAttribute AssemblyKeyNameAttribute AssemblyName AssemblyNameFlags AssemblyNameProxy AssemblyProductAttribute AssemblyTitleAttribute AssemblyTrademarkAttribute AssemblyVersionAttribute Binder BindingFlags CallingConventions ConstructorInfo CustomAttributeFormatException DefaultMemberAttribute EventAttributes EventInfo FieldAttributes FieldInfo ICustomAttributeProvider InterfaceMapping InvalidFilterCriteriaException IReflect ManifestResourceInfo MemberFilter MemberInfo MemberTypes MethodAttributes MethodBase MethodImplAttributes MethodInfo Missing Module ModuleResolveEventHandler ParameterAttributes ParameterInfo ParameterModifier Pointer PropertyAttributes PropertyInfo ReflectionTypeLoadException ResourceAttributes ResourceLocation StrongNameKeyPair TargetException TargetInvocationException TargetParameterCountException TypeAttributes TypeDelegator TypeFilter Chapter 36. System.Reflection.Emit AssemblyBuilder AssemblyBuilderAccess ConstructorBuilder CustomAttributeBuilder EnumBuilder EventBuilder EventToken FieldBuilder FieldToken FlowControl ILGenerator Label LocalBuilder MethodBuilder MethodRental MethodToken ModuleBuilder OpCode OpCodes OpCodeType OperandType PackingSize ParameterBuilder ParameterToken PEFileKinds PropertyBuilder PropertyToken SignatureHelper SignatureToken StackBehaviour StringToken TypeBuilder TypeToken UnmanagedMarshal Chapter 37. System.Runtime.InteropServices ArrayWithOffset AssemblyRegistrationFlags BestFitMappingAttribute CallingConvention CharSet ClassInterfaceAttribute ClassInterfaceType CoClassAttribute ComAliasNameAttribute ComCompatibleVersionAttribute ComConversionLossAttribute COMException ComImportAttribute ComInterfaceType ComMemberType ComRegisterFunctionAttribute ComSourceInterfacesAttribute ComUnregisterFunctionAttribute ComVisibleAttribute CurrencyWrapper DispatchWrapper DispIdAttribute DllImportAttribute ErrorWrapper ExtensibleClassFactory ExternalException FieldOffsetAttribute GCHandle GCHandleType GuidAttribute HandleRef IDispatchImplAttribute IDispatchImplType InAttribute InterfaceTypeAttribute InvalidComObjectException InvalidOleVariantTypeException IRegistrationServices LayoutKind LCIDConversionAttribute Marshal MarshalAsAttribute MarshalDirectiveException ObjectCreationDelegate OptionalAttribute OutAttribute PreserveSigAttribute ProgIdAttribute RegistrationServices RuntimeEnvironment SafeArrayRankMismatchException SafeArrayTypeMismatchException SEHException StructLayoutAttribute TypeLibVersionAttribute UnknownWrapper UnmanagedType VarEnum IExpando Chapter 38. System.Runtime.Serialization Formatter FormatterConverter FormatterServices IDeserializationCallback IFormatter IFormatterConverter IObjectReference ISerializable ISerializationSurrogate ISurrogateSelector ObjectIDGenerator ObjectManager SerializationBinder SerializationEntry SerializationException SerializationInfo SerializationInfoEnumerator StreamingContext StreamingContextStates SurrogateSelector Chapter 39. System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters BinaryFormatter FormatterAssemblyStyle FormatterTypeStyle IFieldInfo ISoapMessage ServerFault SoapFault SoapFormatter SoapMessage TypeFilterLevel Chapter 40. System.Text ASCIIEncoding Decoder Encoder Encoding StringBuilder UnicodeEncoding UTF7Encoding UTF8Encoding Chapter 41. System.Text.RegularExpressions Capture CaptureCollection Group GroupCollection Match MatchCollection MatchEvaluator Regex RegexCompilationInfo RegexOptions Chapter 42. System.Threading ApartmentState AutoResetEvent Interlocked IOCompletionCallback LockCookie ManualResetEvent Monitor Mutex NativeOverlapped Overlapped ReaderWriterLock RegisteredWaitHandle SynchronizationLockException Thread ThreadAbortException ThreadExceptionEventArgs ThreadExceptionEventHandler ThreadInterruptedException ThreadPool ThreadPriority ThreadStart ThreadState ThreadStateException Timeout Timer TimerCallback WaitCallback WaitHandle WaitOrTimerCallback Chapter 43. System.Timers ElapsedEventArgs ElapsedEventHandler Timer TimersDescriptionAttribute Chapter 44. System.Xml EntityHandling Formatting IHasXmlNode IXmlLineInfo NameTable ReadState ValidationType WhitespaceHandling WriteState XmlAttribute XmlAttributeCollection XmlCDataSection XmlCharacterData XmlComment XmlConvert XmlDataDocument XmlDeclaration XmlDocument XmlDocumentFragment XmlDocumentType XmlElement XmlEntity XmlEntityReference XmlException XmlImplementation XmlLinkedNode XmlNamedNodeMap XmlNamespaceManager XmlNameTable XmlNode XmlNodeChangedAction XmlNodeChangedEventArgs XmlNodeChangedEventHandler XmlNodeList XmlNodeOrder XmlNodeReader XmlNodeType XmlNotation XmlParserContext XmlProcessingInstruction XmlQualifiedName XmlReader XmlResolver XmlSecureResolver XmlSignificantWhitespace XmlSpace XmlText XmlTextReader XmlTextWriter XmlTokenizedType XmlUrlResolver XmlValidatingReader XmlWhitespace XmlWriter Chapter 45. System.Xml.XPath IXPathNavigable XmlCaseOrder XmlDataType XmlSortOrder XPathDocument XPathException XPathExpression XPathNamespaceScope XPathNavigator XPathNodeIterator XPathNodeType XPathResultType Chapter 46. System.Xml.Xsl IXsltContextFunction IXsltContextVariable XsltArgumentList XsltCompileException XsltContext XsltException XslTransform Part V: Appendixes Appendix A. Regular Expressions Appendix B. Format Specifiers B.1 Picture Format Specifiers B.2 DateTime Format Specifiers Appendix C. Data Marshaling Appendix D. C# Keywords Appendix E. Namespaces and Assemblies Appendix F. Type, Method, Property, Event, and Field Index A-D E-I J-R S-Z