.NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1 (paperback)

Edited by a Lead Program Manager on Microsoft's .NET Framework team, .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1, is the definitive reference for the .NET Framework base class library. This book utilizes extensive annotations and code samples from the creators of the technology to move beyond the online documentation and provide .NET developers with a dictionary-style reference to the most-used parts of the Framework. This volume covers a subset of the ISO CLI Standards, including the Base Class Library and the Extended Numerics Library. In the printed book you will find informative overviews of each namespace covered and an easy-to-follow alphabetic reference of types in the standard, including type-level descriptions, sample code with output, and annotations from the design team and standardization committee. With the ECMA and ISO standards as its core, this book includes: Annotations from key members of the Microsoft design team and the Standardization committee. Comments cover everything from design rationale and history to common problems and shortcomings. An overview of each namespace, describing its functionality and the inheritance hierarchy of types it defines. Type descriptions. Each type is covered in its own chapter, with a detailed description of how the type is to be used and a quick reference of the C# declaration syntax for all members defined on the type. Also noted: which members are only available in the Microsoft implementation of the .NET Framework, which are not available in the .NET Compact Framework, and which are only available in V1.1 of the .NET Framework. Code samples. Types are illustrated by fully compilable code samples with output included. Reference tabs and an exhaustive index, which allow readers to quickly and easily navigate the text. Reusable source code for more than one thousand samples. All code has been tested with versions 1.0, 1.1, and the 2.0 technical preview of the .NET Framework, and, where appropriate, with the .NET Compact Framework.

Table of Contents:
Foreword xiii Preface xvii Part I Namespace Overviews 1System 3 System.Collections 11 System.Diagnostics 14 System.Globalization 15 System.IO 17 System.Security 21 System.Text 25 System.Threading 27 Part II Class Libraries 31System.ApplicationException 33 System.ArgumentException 35 System.ArgumentNullException 37 System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException 40 System.ArithmeticException 42 System.Array 44 System.Collections.ArrayList 52 System.ArrayTypeMismatchException 57 System.Text.ASCIIEncoding 59 System.AsyncCallback Delegate 61 System.Attribute 63 System.AttributeTargets Enum 68 System.AttributeUsageAttribute 71 System.Boolean Structure 75 System.Byte Structure 77 System.Char Structure 81 System.CharEnumerator 85 System.CLSCompliantAttribute 88 System.Security.CodeAccessPermission 90 System.Security.Permissions.CodeAccessSecurityAttribute 94 System.Collections.Comparer 96 System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute 97 System.Console 100 System.Convert 104 System.DateTime Structure 115 System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo 121 System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles Enum 131 System.Decimal Structure 133 System.Text.Decoder 140 System.Delegate 142 System.Collections.DictionaryEntry Structure 146 System.IO.Directory 148 System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException 151 System.DivideByZeroException 153 System.Double Structure 155 System.DuplicateWaitObjectException 160 System.Text.Encoder 163 System.Text.Encoding 164 System.IO.EndOfStreamException 170 System.Enum 172 System.Environment 177 System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermission 180 System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermissionAccess Enum 183 System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermissionAttribute 185 System.EventArgs 187 System.EventHandler Delegate 190 System.Exception 192 System.ExecutionEngineException 198 System.IO.File 201 System.IO.FileAccess Enum 204 System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission 206 System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermissionAccess Enum 211 System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermissionAttribute 213 System.IO.FileLoadException 215 System.IO.FileMode Enum 218 System.IO.FileNotFoundException 220 System.IO.FileShare Enum 223 System.IO.FileStream 225 System.FlagsAttribute 231 System.FormatException 233 System.GC 235 System.Collections.Hashtable 239 System.IAsyncResult Interface 245 System.ICloneable Interface 248 System.Collections.ICollection Interface 251 System.IComparable Interface 254 System.Collections.IComparer Interface 258 System.Collections.IDictionary Interface 260 System.Collections.IDictionaryEnumerator Interface 262 System.IDisposable Interface 264 System.Collections.IEnumerable Interface 267 System.Collections.IEnumerator Interface 269 System.IFormatProvider Interface 271 System.IFormattable Interface 273 System.Collections.IHashCodeProvider Interface 283 System.Collections.IList Interface 286 System.IndexOutOfRangeException 292 System.Int16 Structure 294 System.Int32 Structure 297 System.Int64 Structure 301 System.Threading.Interlocked 304 System.InvalidCastException 307 System.InvalidOperationException 309 System.InvalidProgramException 311 System.IO.IOException 312 System.Security.IPermission Interface 314 System.MarshalByRefObject 317 System.Math 319 System.IO.MemoryStream 321 System.Threading.Monitor 325 System.NotFiniteNumberException 331 System.NotImplementedException 333 System.NotSupportedException 335 System.NullReferenceException 337 System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo 339 System.Globalization.NumberStyles Enum 343 System.Object 347 System.ObjectDisposedException 350 System.ObsoleteAttribute 352 System.OutOfMemoryException 354 System.OverflowException 356 System.IO.Path 359 System.IO.PathTooLongException 365 System.Security.PermissionSet 367 System.Security.Permissions.PermissionState Enum 373 System.Random 375 System.RankException 378 System.SByte Structure 381 System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction Enum 384 System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAttribute 386 System.Security.SecurityElement 388 System.Security.SecurityException 390 System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermission 392 System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermissionAttribute 395 System.Security.Permissions.SecurityPermissionFlag Enum 398 System.IO.SeekOrigin Enum 400 System.Single Structure 402 System.StackOverflowException 406 System.IO.Stream 408 System.IO.StreamReader 414 System.IO.StreamWriter 417 System.String 420 System.Text.StringBuilder 429 System.IO.StringReader 434 System.IO.StringWriter 436 System.Threading.SynchronizationLockException 438 System.SystemException 440 System.IO.TextReader 443 System.IO.TextWriter 445 System.Threading.Thread 448 System.Threading.ThreadAbortException 452 System.Threading.ThreadPriority Enum 454 System.Threading.ThreadStart Delegate 456 System.Threading.ThreadState Enum 458 System.Threading.ThreadStateException 461 System.Threading.Timeout 463 System.Threading.Timer 465 System.Threading.TimerCallback Delegate 468 System.TimeSpan Structure 470 System.Type 474 System.TypeInitializationException 484 System.UInt16 Structure 487 System.UInt32 Structure 490 System.UInt64 Structure 493 System.UnauthorizedAccessException 496 System.Globalization.UnicodeCategory Enum 498 System.Text.UnicodeEncoding 500 System.Text.UTF8Encoding 503 System.ValueType 507 System.Security.VerificationException 510 System.Version 512 System.Threading.WaitHandle 515 Annotations Index 519 Index 521