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Customizing the Microsoft® .NET Framework Common Language Runtime
By Steven Pratschner
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Publisher: Microsoft Press
Pub Date: January 26, 2005
Print ISBN: 0-7356-1988-3
Pages: 544

Table of Contents  | Index

		Copyright
		Foreword
		Acknowledgments
		Introduction
			What Makes This .NET Framework Book Unique?
			The .NET Framework 2.0 Prereleases
			Sample Code and System Requirements
			Comments, Corrections, and Support
		Chapter 1.  CLR Hosts and Other Extensible Applications
			Summary
		Chapter 2.  A Tour of the CLR Hosting API
			CorBindToRuntimeEx and ICLRRuntimeHost
			CLR Hosting Managers
			CLR Initialization and Startup
			Other Unmanaged Functions on mscoree.dll
			Hosting Manager Discovery
			Overview of the Hosting Managers
			Summary
		Chapter 3.  Controlling CLR Startup and Shutdown
			The CLR Startup Configuration Settings
			Setting the Startup Options Using CorBindToRuntimeEx
			Starting the CLR
			Handling Failures from CorBindToRuntimeEx
			Deferring CLR Initialization and Startup
			The CLR and Process Lifetime
			Summary
		Chapter 4.  Using the Default CLR Host
			Invoking the Default Host: Running Managed Executables
			Invoking the Default Host: Activating Managed Types Through COM Interop
			Defaults for the CLR Startup Options
			Customizing the Default Host Using Configuration Files
			Summary
		Chapter 5.  Using Application Domains Effectively
			The Role of Application Domains
			Application Domain Structure
			Guidelines for Partitioning a Process into Multiple Application Domains
			Application Domain Managers
			Application Domains and Threads
			Unloading Application Domains
			Summary
		Chapter 6.  Configuring Application Domains
			Application Domain Configuration Settings
			Private Assembly Directory Settings
			Configuration File Settings
			Shadow Copy Settings
			Assembly Binding Settings
			Miscellaneous Settings
			Customizing Application Domain Creation Using System.AppDomainManager
			Summary
		Chapter 7.  Loading Assemblies in Extensible Applications
			Concepts and Terminology
			Loading Assemblies by Assembly Identity
			Loading Assemblies by Filename
			Loading Assemblies Using ICLRRuntimeHost
			Capturing Assembly Load Events
			Versioning Considerations for Extensible Applications
			Summary
		Chapter 8.  Customizing How Assemblies Are Loaded
			The Cocoon Deployment Model
			Implementing an Assembly Loading Manager
			Customizing How Assemblies Are Loaded Using Only Managed Code
			Summary
		Chapter 9.  Domain-Neutral Assemblies
			Domain-Neutral Assembly Architecture
			Specifying Which Assemblies Are Loaded Domain Neutral
			Determining Whether an Assembly Has Been Loaded Domain Neutral
			Summary
		Chapter 10.  Extending the CLR Security System to Protect Your Extensible Application
			An Overview of Code Access Security
			Customizing the Code Access Security System Using a HostSecurityManager
			Code Access Security in the Cocoon Host
			Associating Evidence with an Application Domain
			The AllowPartiallyTrustedCallers Attribute
			Summary
		Chapter 11.  Writing Highly Available Microsoft .NET Framework Applications
			Application Domain Isolation and Process Lifetimes
			Specifying Escalation Policy Using the CLR Hosting Interfaces
			Guidelines for Writing Highly Available Managed Code
			Summary
		Chapter 12.  Enforcing Application-Specific Programming Model Constraints
			The Host Protection Categories
			Using the Host Protection Manager
			Host Protection in the Cocoon Deployment Model
			Summary
		Chapter 13.  Managing How the CLR Uses Memory
			Integrating the CLR with Custom Memory Managers
			Configuring the CLR Garbage Collector
			Summary
		Chapter 14.  Integrating the CLR with Custom Schedulers and Thread Pools
			The Task Abstraction
			Controlling the Execution of Tasks
			Summary
		About the Author
		Index