N

names

Active Directory distinguish names (DNs), 727–728

Active Directory user names, 728–729

ADO.NET naming conventions, 629–630

aliases, 60–61, 585

camel casing, 76–77

code group labels, 469

for colors, 864–865

distributing code using strong names, 497–499

of event handlers, 187

generics naming guidelines, 274

of HTML tags for user controls (ASP.NET), 946

IL case sensitivity, 12

of interfaces, 128

of namespaces, 59, 77

.NET guidelines and philosophy, 75–76

Pascal casing, 76, 77

of properties, 93

reserved keywords, 74

rules for identifiers, 73–75

strong, for shared assemblies, 441–443, 444–445

styles for, 77

variable prefixes, 75

Visual Basic .NET not case-sensitive, 77

namespace keyword, 32

namespaces

for ACLs, 1222

for Active Directory, 723

for ADO.NET, 580

aliases, 60–61

assemblies and, 419

for classes, 32, 58–59

for COM objects, 1151

defined, 21

for DSML, 724, 745

for event senders, 188

for file system operations, 1187

for GDI+, 843

for generics, 270

for globalization, 513, 514

for localization, 513, 534

names for, 59, 77

nesting, 21, 59

for .NET Remoting, 1009

Pascal casing for, 76

for performance monitoring, 1309

for power events support, 1314

for registry operations, 1187

for serialization base classes and interfaces, 1187

for serializing objects in XML, 701–702

shared assemblies and, 442

soap namespace, 984–985

for SQL Server 2005, 635

for Stack class, 254

System.Xml.XPath, 678–684

System.Xml.Xsl, 684–689

for threading, 351, 366

types defined in, 21, 59

using statement for, 32, 59–61

for Windows Forms, 751

for Windows Services, 1275

for XML, 659, 660–661

navigation Web server controls (ASP.NET), 960–963

nesting

break statement in nested loops, 55

for loops, 52

namespaces, 21, 59

partials, 105–106

throw statements in try blocks, 332

try blocks, 338–340

types, 125

.NET data access. See ADO.NET; viewing .NET data; Visual Studio .NET and data access

.NET Framework. See also ASP.NET; CLR (Common Language Runtime); IL or MSIL Microsoft Intermediate Language)

application domains, 14–16, 413–416

assemblies, 17–19

attributes, 17

base classes, 19–20, 277–278

benefits of C# and, 25

compilation steps in, 4

C#'s relationship to, 3, 4

C#'s role in enterprise architecture, 24–26

delegates defined in, 188

error handling with exceptions, 16–17

garbage collector, 13–14

installation base lacking for, 24

namespaces, 21

open source implementation, 5

operating systems supported, 553

security advantages of, 14

server platforms supported, 553

similar concepts in COM, 1152

usage conventions, 75–81

using a COM component from a .NET client, 1159–1171

using a .NET component from a COM client, 1171–1183

Windows Controls and, 24

Windows Forms and, 24

Windows Services and, 24

XML standards supported, 660

.NET Framework Configuration tool, 1048–1050

.NET IDE. See Visual Studio 2005

.NET Remoting

activator for client, 1012

application types and, 1010

asynchronous, 1053–1054

call contexts, 1062–1064

channels, 1012, 1020–1025, 1041–1042, 1046

ChannelServices class, 1012, 1025–1026

client-side process, 1012–1014

CLR Object Remoting, 1011

configuration files, 1039–1050, 1059, 1061

contexts, 1014–1016

defined, 1010

delegates with, 1053–1054

directional attributes, 1035–1036

events and, 1056–1062

formatter provider, 1012, 1047–1048

formatters, 1012, 1025

hosting servers in ASP.NET, 1050–1051

interfaces, 1052

key architecture elements, 1012, 1013

lifetime management, 1036–1039, 1046–1047

major classes for example, 1016–1017

marshal-by-reference classes, 1031–1032

marshal-by-value classes, 1031

marshaling, 1032–1034

message sinks, 1012, 1015, 1030–1031

messages, 1012, 1030

namespaces for, 1009

not-remotable classes, 1032

object activation, 1027–1030

OneWay attribute, 1054

overview, 1011–1014

passing objects in remote methods, 1031–1036

protocols, 1010–1011

proxies, 1012

remote objects, 1012, 1017–1018, 1056–1058

RemotingConfiguration class, 1012, 1026

RemotingServices class, 1026

security, 1035, 1054–1055, 1126

serialized objects and security, 1035

server for client-activated objects, 1026–1027

server for well-known objects, 1026

server-side process, 1014

simple client example, 1019–1020

simple server example, 1018–1019

Soapsuds utility, 1052–1053

unbound classes, 1031

uses for, 1011

WCF and, 1145–1146

XML Web services with, 1010

.NET security. See security

net.exe utility, 1293–1294

neutral cultures, 515–516

new keyword

declaring class and struct instances, 84

hiding methods, 116

as modifier for function members, 125

for object activation (.NET Remoting), 1027

reference types and, 196

structs versus classes and, 103

NewRowFromBuilder() method (CustomerTable class), 836–837

Ngen.exe native image generator, 438–439

No Touch Deployment (NTD), 566–567

Northwind database example (ADO.NET). See ADO.NET

Northwind database example (Enterprise Services)

C# component library for, 1081

client application, 1089–1090

entity classes, 1081–1084

Order class, 1081–1083

OrderControl component, 1080–1081, 1084–1085

OrderData component, 1081, 1085–1088

OrderLine class, 1083–1084

OrderLineData component, 1081, 1088–1089

overview, 1080–1081

NT Services. See Windows Services

NTD (No Touch Deployment), 566–567

null values

comparing reference types for equality, 147

null coalescing operator, 139–140

for reference types, 40

nullable types

converting, 144

implicit type conversions and, 142

Nullable<T> generic struct and, 301–302

operators and, 139

special syntax for, 302

Nullable<T> generic struct, 301–302

number formatting for globalization, 517–519

NumberFormatInfo class, 518