Professional .NET 2.0 Generics

The power and elegance of generic types have long been acknowledged. Generics allow developers to parameterize data types much like you would parameterize a method. This brings a new dimension of reusability to your types without compromising expressiveness, type-safety, or efficiency. Now generics makes this power available to all developers. By introducing generic concepts directly into the Common Language Runtime (CLR), Microsoft has also created the first language-independent generics implementation. The result is a solution that allows generic types to be leveraged by all the languages of the platform. This book explores all aspects of the generics implementation, covering everything from fundamental generic concepts, to the elements of generic syntax, to a broader view of how and when you might apply generics. It digs into the details associated with creating and consuming your own generic classes, structures, methods, delegates, and interfaces, examining all the nuances associated with leveraging each of these language constructs. The book also looks at guidelines for working with generic types, the performance gains achieved with generics, the new generic container libraries (BCL and third party), and key aspects of the underlying implementation. For those transitioning from C++, the book provides an in-depth look at the similarities and differences between templates and generics. It also explores the syntactic variations associated with using generics with each of the languages, including C#, Visual Basic, J#, and C++.

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Title of ebook: Professional .NET 2.0 Generics
ISBN: 9780471757696
parent-ISBN: 9780764559884
Publisher: Wrox
Internet download file size: 1810 kb
Pages: 408
Published: 10-2005
Released online for download: 10-13-2005
Author of eBook: Golding, Tod

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Professional .Net 2.0 Generics

Chapter One

Generics 101

For many programmers, generics will be an entirely new language feature. As such, it is important to establish a foundation of concepts that will clarify the role and significance of generics in the overall scheme of the .NET platform. This chapter provides this fundamental, conceptual view of generics that should provide you with a solid base of ideas that can be built upon in the chapters that follow. Along the way, you'll get the opportunity build your first generic types and get some exposure to the basic mechanics of generic types. This chapter also introduces a set of new terms that are used when referring to common generic concepts. You'll need to have a clear understanding of these terms because they are used throughout the book. Naturally, if you're already comfortable with the basics of generics, you may want to skip over this chapter.

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