C# 2.0

Practical Guide for Programmers

By: Michel de Champlain, Brian G. Patrick

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Paperback | 1 February 2005

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You don't need coddling; you don't need to be told what you already know. What you need is a book that uses your experience as a Java or C++ programmer to give you a leg up into the challenges and rewards of C#. And this Practical Guide is precisely what you're after.
Written by a team that boasts extensive experience teaching C# to professionals, this book provides a practical, efficient explanation of the language itself, covering basic to advanced features and calling out all that's new in 2.0. Its instruction is always firmly situated within the context of the .NET framework and bolstered by code examples, key lessons in object-oriented programming, and installments of a realistic application programming tutorial. Concise and incisive, this is the best way to master the world's fastest-growing and most marketable programming language.
Features
* Provides a carefully focused explanation of every aspect of the C# language, including entire chapters on the unified type system, advanced types, collections, generics, reflection and attributes.
* Highlights all features new to the latest version of C# and organizes its presentation of C# according to the key principles of object-oriented programming and the .NET framework.
* Using end-of-chapter exercises, incrementally develops a cohesive application programming tutorial.
* Includes an easy-to-use appendix on the grammatical rules of C# and provides downloadable example code via the companion website.
* Provides a carefully focused explanation of every aspect of the C# language, including entire chapters on the unified type system, advanced types, collections, generics, reflection and attributes.
* Highlights all features new to the latest version of C# and organizes its presentation of C# according to the key principles of object-oriented programming and the .NET framework.
* Using end-of-chapter exercises, incrementally develops a cohesive application programming tutorial.
* Includes an easy-to-use appendix on the grammatical rules of C# and provides downloadable example code via the companion website.

Industry Reviews

"Great book for any C# developer! It describes the basic programming language with EBNF notation and provides a number of practical programming tips and best practices on program design that enable you to utilize the C# language features effectively." -Adarsh Khare, Software Design Engineer, Microsoft "C# 2.0: A Practical Guide provides an amazing breadth of information in a compact and efficient format, with clear and concise writing and useful code examples. It cuts right to the core of what you need to know, covering every aspect of the C# language, an introduction to the .NET API, and an overview of pertinent object-oriented concepts. This book tops my recommendation list for any developer learning C#." -David Makofske, Principal Consultant/Architect, Akamai Technologies "This book is essential for programmers who are considering system development using C#. The two authors have masterfully created a programming guide that is current, complete, and useful immediately. The writing style is crisp, concise, and engaging. This book is a valuable addition to a C# programmer's library." -Edward L. Lamie, PhD, Director of Educational Services, Express Logic, Inc. "At last, a programming language book that provides complete coverage with a top-down approach and clear, simple examples! Another welcome feature of this book is that it is concise, in the tradition of classics such as Kernighan and Ritchie. The new book by De Champlain and Patrick is the best introduction to C# that I've seen so far." -Peter Grogono, Professor and Associate Chair of Computer Science, Concordia University "The book covers the basic and the advanced features of a relatively new and well established programming language, C#. A truly Object Oriented style is used throughout the book in a consistent manner. C# and Object Oriented concepts are well illustrated through simple and concise examples to hold the reader's attention. A very well-written book." -Ferhat Khendek, PhD, Research Chair in Telecommunications Software Engineering, Concordia University

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Preface	p. xv
Introducing C# and .NET	p. 1
What Is C#?	p. 1
What Is the .NET Framework?	p. 2
The .NET Virtual Machine: Common Language Runtime	p. 4
The .NET Virtual Code: Intermediate Language	p. 4
The .NET Assemblies: Applications and/or Components	p. 4
Project Exercise	p. 5
Syntax Notation	p. 6
Classes, Objects, and Namespaces	p. 9
Classes and Objects	p. 10
Declaring Classes	p. 10
Creating Objects	p. 11
Access Modifiers	p. 12
Controlling Access to Classes	p. 12
Controlling Access to Class Members	p. 12
Namespaces	p. 14
Declaring Namespaces	p. 14
Importing Namespaces	p. 16
Controlling the Global Namespace	p. 17
Resolving Namespace Conflicts	p. 18
Compilation Units	p. 19
Presenting a Complete C# Program	p. 19
Declaring Partial Classes	p. 21
Compilation and Execution	p. 22
Using Assemblies for Separate Compilation	p. 23
Revisiting Access Modifiers	p. 24
Adding XML Documentation	p. 26
Class Members and Class Reuse	p. 29
Fields and Methods	p. 29
Invoking Methods	p. 30
Accessing Fields	p. 32
Declaring Constructors	p. 32
Declaring Destructors	p. 36
Parameter Passing	p. 37
Passing Arguments by Value	p. 37
Passing Arguments by Reference	p. 38
Passing a Variable Number of Arguments	p. 41
Using the this Reference	p. 42
Overloading Methods	p. 45
Class Reuse	p. 45
Using Aggregation	p. 46
Using Inheritance	p. 46
Comparing Aggregation and Inheritance	p. 50
Using Protected Methods	p. 51
Unified Type System	p. 55
Reference Types	p. 56
Value Types	p. 56
Simple Value Types	p. 57
Nullable Types	p. 58
Structure Types	p. 60
Enumeration Types	p. 61
Literals	p. 63
Conversions	p. 64
Boxing and Unboxing	p. 66
The Object Root Class	p. 67
Calling Virtual Methods	p. 67
Invoking the Object Constructor	p. 69
Using Object Instance Methods	p. 69
Using Object Static Methods	p. 75
Arrays	p. 76
Creating and Initializing Arrays	p. 77
Accessing Arrays	p. 78
Using Rectangular and Jagged Arrays	p. 78
Strings	p. 79
Invoking String Methods	p. 80
Concat, IndexOf, and Substring Methods	p. 80
The StringBuilder Class	p. 81
Operators, Assignments, and Expressions	p. 83
Operator Precedence and Associativity	p. 83
Assignment Operators	p. 84
Simple Assignment	p. 84
Multiple Assignments	p. 86
Conditional Operator	p. 86
Null Coalescing Operator	p. 87
Conditional Logical Operators	p. 88
Logical Operators	p. 89
Logical Operators as Conditional Logical Operators	p. 90
Compound Logical Assignment Operators	p. 91
Equality Operators	p. 92
Simple Value Type Equality	p. 92
Object Reference and Value Equality	p. 93
Relational Operators	p. 94
Type Testing	p. 95
Shift Operators	p. 96
Compound Shift Assignment Operators	p. 97
Arithmetic Operators	p. 97
Multiplicative Operators	p. 97
Additive Operators	p. 98
checked/unchecked Operators	p. 99
Compound Arithmetic Assignment Operators	p. 100
Unary Operators	p. 101
Prefix and Postfix Operators	p. 102
Explicit Casts	p. 103
Other Primary Operators	p. 103
Overloadable Operators	p. 104
Statements and Exceptions	p. 107
Block Statement	p. 107
Declaration Statements	p. 108
Embedded Statements	p. 109
Expression and Empty Statements	p. 109
Selection Statements	p. 110
Iteration Statements	p. 112
Jump Statements	p. 114
checked/unchecked Statements	p. 116
lock and using Statements	p. 116
Exceptions and Exception Handling	p. 117
What Is an Exception?	p. 117
Raising and Handling Exceptions	p. 118
Using the throw Statement	p. 119
Using the try-catch Statement	p. 121
An Extended Example	p. 124
Advanced Types, Polymorphism, and Accessors	p. 129
Delegates and Events	p. 130
Using Delegates for Callbacks	p. 130
Using Delegates for Events	p. 133
Using Delegates for Anonymous Methods	p. 135
Using Delegate Inferences	p. 136
Abstract Classes	p. 136
Declaring Abstract Classes	p. 136
Implementing Abstract Classes	p. 137
Using Abstract Classes	p. 138
Interfaces	p. 138
Declaring Interfaces	p. 139
Implementing Interfaces	p. 140
Using Interface Methods	p. 141
Polymorphism and Virtual Methods	p. 143
Using the Modifiers override and virtual	p. 143
Adding and Removing Polymorphism	p. 145
Using Dynamic Binding	p. 146
Properties	p. 150
Declaring get and set Accessors	p. 150
Declaring Virtual and Abstract Properties	p. 151
Declaring Static Properties	p. 153
Declaring Properties with Accessor Modifiers	p. 154
Indexers	p. 155
Nested Types	p. 157
Other Modifiers	p. 159
Collections and Generics	p. 163
Collections	p. 163
Cloning Collections	p. 165
Using List-Type Collections	p. 165
Using Dictionary-Type Collections	p. 173
Using Iterator Blocks and yield Statements	p. 178
Generics	p. 180
Defining Generics	p. 181
Declaring Generic Objects	p. 183
Resource Disposal, Input/Output, and Threads	p. 185
Resource Disposal	p. 185
Input/Output	p. 188
Using Binary Streams	p. 188
Using Byte Streams	p. 190
Using Character Streams	p. 191
Reading XML Documents from Streams	p. 192
Threads	p. 193
Examining the Thread Class and Thread States	p. 193
Creating and Starting Threads	p. 194
Rescheduling and Pausing Threads	p. 195
Suspending, Resuming, and Stopping Threads	p. 196
Joining and Determining Alive Threads	p. 198
Synchronizing Threads	p. 200
Reflection and Attributes	p. 211
Reflection	p. 211
Examining the Reflection Hierarchy	p. 212
Accessing Assemblies	p. 212
Attributes	p. 215
Using Attributes for Exception Serialization	p. 216
Using Attributes for Conditional Compilation	p. 217
Using Attributes for Obsolete Code	p. 218
Defining User-Defined Attributes	p. 218
Using User-Defined Attributes	p. 220
Extracting Attributes Using Reflection	p. 221
Where to Go from Here	p. 223
C# 2.0 Grammar	p. 227
Lexical Grammar	p. 227
Line Terminators	p. 228
White Space	p. 228
Comments	p. 228
Tokens	p. 228
Unicode Character Escape Sequences	p. 228
Identifiers	p. 228
Keywords	p. 229
Literals	p. 229
Operators and Punctuators	p. 230
Preprocessing Directives	p. 230
Syntactic Grammar	p. 231
Namespace, Type, and Simple Names	p. 231
Types	p. 231
Variables	p. 232
Expressions	p. 232
Statements	p. 233
Namespaces	p. 235
Classes	p. 235
Structs	p. 237
Arrays	p. 237
Interfaces	p. 237
Enums	p. 238
Delegates	p. 238
Attributes	p. 238
Generics	p. 238
Predefined XML Tags for Documentation Comments	p. 241
References	p. 243
Index	p. 245
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