.NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference

3864 Pages·2004·36.87 MB·English

by  Brad Abrams

.NET Framework Standard Library
Annotated Reference
1
Volume
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Standard Library
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Base Class Library and Extended
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Abrams, Brad.
.NET framework standard library annotated reference volume 1: base class
library and extended numerics library / Brad Abrams.
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ISBN 0-321-15489-4 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Contents
Foreword xiii
Preface xvii
Part I Namespace Overviews 1
System 3
System.Collections 11
System.Diagnostics 14
System.Globalization 15
System.IO 17
System.Security 21
System.Text 25
System.Threading 27
Part II Class Libraries 31
System.ApplicationException 33
System.ArgumentException 38
System.ArgumentNullException 47
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException 53
System.ArithmeticException 61
System.Array 65
System.Collections.ArrayList 191
System.ArrayTypeMismatchException 283
System.Text.ASCIIEncoding 288
System.AsyncCallback Delegate 309
System.Attribute 311
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System.AttributeTargets Enum 369
System.AttributeUsageAttribute 376
System.Boolean Structure 383
System.Byte Structure 400
System.Char Structure 423
System.CharEnumerator 487
System.CLSCompliantAttribute 493
System.Security.CodeAccessPermission 496
System.Security.Permissions.CodeAccessSecurityAttribute 514
System.Collections.Comparer 517
System.Diagnostics.ConditionalAttribute 523
System.Console 528
System.Convert 589
System.DateTime Structure 991
System.Globalization.DateTimeFormatInfo 1097
System.Globalization.DateTimeStyles Enum 1154
System.Decimal Structure 1162
System.Text.Decoder 1290
System.Delegate 1295
System.Collections.DictionaryEntry Structure 1337
System.IO.Directory 1340
System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException 1394
System.DivideByZeroException 1399
System.Double Structure 1403
System.DuplicateWaitObjectException 1448
System.Text.Encoder 1453
System.Text.Encoding 1458
System.IO.EndOfStreamException 1497
System.Enum 1502
System.Environment 1550
System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermission 1574
System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermissionAccess Enum 1594
System.Security.Permissions.EnvironmentPermissionAttribute 1597
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System.EventArgs 1604
System.EventHandler Delegate 1608
System.Exception 1610
System.ExecutionEngineException 1629
System.IO.File 1633
System.IO.FileAccess Enum 1693
System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission 1696
System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermissionAccess Enum 1723
System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermissionAttribute 1727
System.IO.FileLoadException 1737
System.IO.FileMode Enum 1748
System.IO.FileNotFoundException 1752
System.IO.FileShare Enum 1762
System.IO.FileStream 1766
System.FlagsAttribute 1831
System.FormatException 1834
System.GC 1839
System.Collections.Hashtable 1851
System.IAsyncResult Interface 1901
System.ICloneable Interface 1911
System.Collections.ICollection Interface 1915
System.IComparable Interface 1922
System.Collections.IComparer Interface 1927
System.Collections.IDictionary Interface 1931
System.Collections.IDictionaryEnumerator Interface 1946
System.IDisposable Interface 1950
System.Collections.IEnumerable Interface 1954
System.Collections.IEnumerator Interface 1957
System.IFormatProvider Interface 1964
System.IFormattable Interface 1967
System.Collections.IHashCodeProvider Interface 1978
System.Collections.IList Interface 1982
System.IndexOutOfRangeException 2004
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System.Int16 Structure 2008
System.Int32 Structure 2038
System.Int64 Structure 2069
System.Threading.Interlocked 2100
System.InvalidCastException 2116
System.InvalidOperationException 2120
System.InvalidProgramException 2125
System.IO.IOException 2128
System.Security.IPermission Interface 2133
System.MarshalByRefObject 2145
System.Math 2150
System.IO.MemoryStream 2233
System.Threading.Monitor 2278
System.NotFiniteNumberException 2313
System.NotImplementedException 2320
System.NotSupportedException 2324
System.NullReferenceException 2329
System.Globalization.NumberFormatInfo 2334
System.Globalization.NumberStyles Enum 2388
System.Object 2399
System.ObjectDisposedException 2424
System.ObsoleteAttribute 2430
System.OutOfMemoryException 2439
System.OverflowException 2443
System.IO.Path 2447
System.IO.PathTooLongException 2476
System.Security.PermissionSet 2481
System.Security.Permissions.PermissionState Enum 2517
System.Random 2519
System.RankException 2532
System.SByte Structure 2537
System.Security.Permissions.SecurityAction Enum 2568
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