COM and .NET Component Services
Dedicat ion
Foreword
Preface
Scope of This Book
Some Assumpt ions About the Reader
Definit ions and Text Convent ions
Other COM+ Books and References
How to Contact Us
Acknowledgments
1. COM+ Component Services
1.1 COM+ Component Services
1.2 The Component Services Explorer
1.3 Hello COM+
1.4 COM+ Configured Components
1.5 Applicat ions, DLLs, and Components
1.6 Configuring COM+ Applicat ions
1.7 Debugging COM+ Applicat ions
1.8 Deploying COM+ Applicat ions
1.9 Summary
2. COM+ Context
2.1 Encapsulat ion via Marshaling in COM
2.2 Encapsulat ion via I ntercept ion in COM+
2.3 The Context Object
2.4 The Call Obj ect
2.5 Cross-Context Manual Marshaling
2.6 Summary
3. COM+ I nstance Management
3.1 Client Types
3.2 I nstance Management and Scaling
3.3 Object Pooling
3.4 Just - in-Time Act ivat ion
3.5 Combining JITA with Object Pooling
3.6 Object Const ructor St ring
3.7 COM+ I nstance Management Pit falls
4. COM+ Transact ions
4.1 Transact ion Basics
4.2 Transact ion Propert ies
4.3 Transact ion Scenarios
4.4 COM+ Transact ions Architecture
4.5 Configuring Transact ions
4.6 Vot ing on a Transact ion
4.7 Transact ional Object Life Cycle
4.8 Designing Transact ional Components
4.9 Nont ransact ional Clients
4.10 Transact ions and Object Pooling
4.11 Compensat ing Transact ions
4.12 Transact ion Execut ion Time
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4.13 Tracing Transact ions
4.14 I n-Doubt Transact ions
4.15 Transact ion Stat ist ics
4.16 COM+ Transact ions Pit falls
5. COM+ Concurrency Model
5.1 Object -Oriented Programming and Mult iple Threads
5.2 Apartments: The Classic COM Solut ion
5.3 Act ivit ies: The COM+ I nnovat ion
5.4 COM+ Configurat ion Set t ings
5.5 Act ivit ies and JITA
5.6 Act ivit ies and Transact ions
5.7 Tracing Act ivit ies
5.8 The Neut ral Threaded Apartment
5.9 Summary
6. Programming the COM+ Catalog
6.1 Why Program the Catalog?
6.2 The Catalog Programming Model
6.3 Catalog St ructure
6.4 I nteract ing with the Catalog
6.5 Features of COMAdminCatalog
6.6 The COM+ Catalog and Transact ions
6.7 Summary
7. COM+ Security
7.1 The Need for Security
7.2 Basic Security Terms
7.3 Role-Based Security
7.4 Securing a Server Applicat ion
7.5 Securing a Library Applicat ion
7.6 Programmat ic Role-Based Security
7.7 Security Boundaries
7.8 Advanced COM+ Security
7.9 COM+ Security Pit falls
7.10 Summary
8. COM+ Queued Components
8.1 Major Benefits of Queued Components
8.2 Queued Components Architecture
8.3 Component Services Explorer Configurat ion
8.4 I nvoking Queued Components on the Client Side
8.5 Designing Queued Component I nterfaces
8.6 Receiving Output from a Queued Component
8.7 Queued Component Error Handling
8.8 Queued Components and Transact ions
8.9 Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Components
8.10 Queued Components Security
8.11 Queued Components Pit falls
8.12 Summary
9. COM+ Event Service
9.1 Classic COM Events
9.2 COM+ Event Model
9.3 The Event Class
9.4 Subscript ion Types
9.5 Delivering Events
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9.6 Event Filtering
9.7 Dist ributed COM+ Events
9.8 Asynchronous Events
9.9 COM+ Events and Transact ions
9.10 COM+ Events and Securit y
9.11 COM+ Events Limitat ion
9.12 Summary
10. .NET Serviced Components
10.1 Developing Serviced Components
10.2 .NET Assemblies and COM+ Applicat ions
10.3 Registering Assemblies
10.4 Configuring Serviced Components
10.5 Applicat ion Act ivat ion Type
10.6 The Descript ion At t ribute
10.7 Accessing the COM+ Context
10.8 COM+ Context At t ributes
10.9 COM+ Object Pooling
10.10 COM+ Just - in-Time Act ivat ion
10.11 COM+ Const ructor St ring
10.12 COM+ Transact ions
10.13 COM+ Synchronizat ion
10.14 Programming the COM+ Catalog
10.15 COM+ Security
10.16 COM+ Queued Components
10.17 COM+ Loosely Coupled Events
10.18 Summary
A. The COM+ Logbook
A.1 Logbook Requirements
A.2 Log File Example
A.3 Using the Logbook
A.4 Configuring the Logbook
A.5 How Does the Logbook Work?
A.6 Summary
B. COM+ 1.5
B.1 Improved User I nterface Usability
B.2 Legacy Applicat ions and Components
B.3 Disabling Applicat ions and Components
B.4 Pausing Applicat ions
B.5 Service Act ivat ion Type
B.6 Improved Queuing Support
B.7 Applicat ion Pooling and Recycling
B.8 Applicat ion Dump
B.9 Applicat ion Part it ioning
B.10 Aliasing Components
B.11 Configurable Transact ion I solat ion Level
B.12 Improved Context Act ivat ion Set t ing
B.13 Private Components
B.14 Web Services in COM+ 1.5
B.15 Summary
C. I nt roduct ion to .NET
C.1 .NET Programming Languages
C.2 Packaging .NET Components: Assemblies
C.3 Developing .NET Components
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C.4 Writ ing .NET Client -Side Code
C.5 .NET as a Component Technology
C.6 Composing Assemblies
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