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I

IAsyncResult object properties, 308

ICloneable interface

Object.MemberwiseClone method, 95

overview, 207

ICollection interface, 207

IDE. See integrated development environment (IDE)

IDE Navigator, 142

identifiers, 24

identity compared to equivalence, 80–81

IDictionaryEnumerator enumerator, 225

IDisposable interface

Close method, 584

Disposable pattern considerations, 582

Disposable pattern overview, 581–582

Dispose method. See Dispose method

disposing inner objects, 586–587

overview, 577–580

reusable objects, 585

IEnumerable interface, 207

IEnumerable<T> interface

generic enumerable objects, 279

Yield statements, 284

IEnumerator interface, 278

IEnumerator<T> interface, 279–280

IErrorInfo to COMException mapping, 342

ILASM. See Intermediate Language Assembler (ILASM)

ILDASM. See Intermediate Language Disassembler (ILDASM)

IList interface

ArrayList collection, 215

members, 208

overview, 208

Immediate window

aliases, 470–471

IntelliSense, 469

limitations, 469

navigating, 469

overview, 468

implements keyword, 421

Imports elements, 167

Increment (++) operator overloading, 632

indexers

abstract, 106

arrays, compared to, 209

generics, 238

overloading, 210

overview, 208

properties, compared to, 208–209

sample code, 209

sealed, 107

syntax, 209

inheritance. See also classes

abstract, 106–107

access modifiers, 98–99

attributes, 130–131

base types, 83

casting, 125–130

class diagrams, 149

class hierarchies, 149–151

class refinement, 81

composition, 83

constructors, 108–111

containment, 83

cross-language inheritance, 89

derived types, 83

destructors, 108–111

Employee class, 96

generic types, 257–260

implementing, 98–99

interfaces. See interfaces

MSIL programming, 420–421

nested types, 259–260

new modifier, 102–105

operators, 128–130

overload vs. override, 100

override keyword, 99

overriding events, 101

overriding methods, 258–259

overriding overview, 99–101

overview, 83

polymorphism. See polymorphism

sample code, 88–89

sealed, 107–108

syntax, 98

System.Object, 90

terminology, 87

virtual keyword, 99

Visual Studio 2005, 149–151

inheritance polymorphism, 236

instance constructors, 393

instance fields, 52

instance members, 50

instructions, MSIL

arithmetic instructions, 429–433

boxing, 419

branching, 423–427

call instructions, 426

comparative branching instructions, 424

compare instructions, 423

list of, 433

load method, 415–417

overview, 414

short forms, 414–415

store method, 415–417

integer constraints, 251

integrated development environment (IDE)

adding references, 141

AutoRecover, 143

Community menu, 137

creating projects, 137–138

Data menu, 141–142

Data Source Configuration Wizard, 141

IDE Navigator, 142

managing windows, 142

overview, 136

Solution Explorer, 138–141

Start Page, 136–137

IntelliSense

Immediate window, 469

inserting code snippets, 162

overview, 156–158

interface constraints, 252

interfaces

abstract classes, compared to, 112

attributes, 112

constraints, 252–253

explicit interface member implementation, 115–117

generic types, 266–267

ICloneable, 207

ICollection, 207

IEnumerable, 207

IList, 208

implementing, 113–114

overview, 111–113, 421–422

polymorphism, 123

reimplementation, 119

syntax, 112

System.Array, 189

Intermediate Language Assembler (ILASM)

overview, 403

roundtripping, 436

Intermediate Language Disassembler (ILDASM)

command-line options, 362–363

elements, 362

metadata, 359, 360–364

Interop marshaler, 611

introduction to Microsoft Visual C# 2005, 3–4, xxi–xxii

invocation

asynchronous, 307

dynamic, 373–378

lists for multicast delegates, 298, 303–306

Invoke method, 300

is operator, 128

IsGeneric Boolean property, 383

IsGenericMethod property, 383

IsGenericTypeDefinition Boolean property, 383

ItemGroup elements, 177

iterative statements, 41–44

iterator blocks, 285

iterators

internals, 286–287

iterator blocks, 285–286

nested classes, 286

overview, 269–270, 283

sample code (complex iterations), 290

sample code (dual iteration), 287–288

sample code (overview), 287

sample code (reverse iteration), 288

sample code (temporary collections), 289

Yield statements, 284–285