Accelerated VB 2008

Trey Nash9781590598740, 1590598741

Table of contents :
Accelerated VB 2008……Page 1
Contents at a Glance……Page 7
Contents……Page 9
About the Authors……Page 13
About the Technical Reviewers……Page 15
Acknowledgments……Page 17
About This Book……Page 19
.NET Runtime……Page 23
VB 2008 and C# 3.0……Page 24
Common Type System……Page 25
What’s New in VB 2008……Page 27
Object Initializers……Page 28
LINQ to XML……Page 29
Lambda Expressions (Inline Functions)……Page 30
Nullable Types, Enhanced in VB 2008……Page 31
Summary……Page 32
Strong Typing……Page 33
Type Categories……Page 35
Value Types……Page 36
Enumerations……Page 38
Reference Types……Page 39
Type Conversion……Page 41
CType……Page 42
Boxing……Page 44
Reference Type Operators……Page 45
Namespaces……Page 47
Defining Namespaces……Page 48
Using Namespaces……Page 49
Object Browser……Page 50
If . . . Then . . . Else……Page 51
Select . . . Case……Page 52
For Each . . . Next……Page 53
Do While and Do Until……Page 54
Summary……Page 55
Class Definitions……Page 57
Constructors……Page 58
Accessibility……Page 59
Interfaces……Page 60
MyBase and MyClass Keywords……Page 61
MustInherit Classes……Page 64
Nested Classes……Page 65
Item Property Indexers……Page 68
Value Type Definitions……Page 70
Constructors……Page 71
The Meaning of Me……Page 72
Interfaces……Page 73
Boxing and Unboxing……Page 74
When Boxing Occurs……Page 77
Efficiency and Confusion……Page 78
System.Object……Page 79
Using New with Value Types……Page 80
Using New with Reference Types……Page 81
Shared Constructor……Page 82
Instance Constructor and Creation Ordering……Page 83
Finalizers……Page 84
The IDisposable Interface……Page 85
The Using Keyword……Page 87
Summary……Page 89
Shared Methods……Page 91
Instance Methods……Page 92
ByRef Arguments……Page 93
ParamArray……Page 95
Overridable and MustOverride Methods……Page 96
Overrides and Shadows……Page 97
Properties……Page 99
Declaring Properties……Page 100
Read-Only, Write-Only, and Read-Write Properties……Page 101
Fields……Page 102
Field Initialization……Page 104
Summary……Page 106
From VB to IL……Page 107
From IL to Platform……Page 109
Understanding Assemblies……Page 110
Assembly Management……Page 113
Shared Assemblies and the Global Assembly Cache……Page 114
Loading Assemblies……Page 116
Reflection……Page 117
Summary……Page 118
Interfaces Are Reference Types……Page 119
Defining Interfaces……Page 120
What Can Be in an Interface?……Page 122
Implementing Multiple Interfaces……Page 123
Hiding Interface Members……Page 124
Implementing Interfaces in Structures……Page 125
Using a Generic Interface……Page 127
Using a Generic Method in an Interface……Page 128
Implementing Contracts with Classes……Page 129
Implementing Contracts with Interfaces……Page 131
Choosing Between Interfaces and Classes……Page 132
Polymorphism with Interfaces……Page 136
Summary……Page 137
Operators That Can Be Overloaded……Page 139
Types and Formats of Overloaded Operators……Page 140
Operators Shouldn’t Mutate Their Operands……Page 141
Does Parameter Order Matter?……Page 142
Overloading the Addition Operator……Page 143
Comparison Operators……Page 144
Boolean Comparisons……Page 148
Conversion Operators……Page 151
Overloading the CType Operator……Page 152
Summary……Page 154
Handling Exceptions……Page 155
Syntax Overview of the Try Statement……Page 156
Unhandled Exceptions in .NET 3.5……Page 158
Re-throwing Exceptions and Translating Exceptions……Page 159
Exceptions Thrown in Finally Blocks……Page 161
Exceptions Thrown in Finalizers……Page 162
Exceptions Thrown in Shared Constructors……Page 163
Basic Structure of Exception-Neutral Code……Page 165
Constrained Execution Regions……Page 170
Critical Finalizers and SafeHandle……Page 172
Creating Custom Exception Classes……Page 177
Working with Allocated Resources and Exceptions……Page 180
Providing Rollback Behavior……Page 184
Summary……Page 187
String Overview……Page 189
String Literals……Page 190
Object.ToString(), IFormattable, and CultureInfo……Page 191
Creating and Registering Custom CultureInfo Types……Page 193
Format Strings……Page 195
Console.WriteLine() and String.Format()……Page 196
Examples of String Formatting in Custom Types……Page 197
ICustomFormatter……Page 199
Comparing Strings……Page 202
Working with Strings from Outside Sources……Page 203
StringBuilder……Page 206
Searching Strings with Regular Expressions……Page 207
Searching with Regular Expressions……Page 208
Searching and Grouping……Page 209
Replacing Text with Regex……Page 213
Regex Creation Options……Page 216
Summary……Page 218
Introduction to Arrays……Page 219
Type Convertibility……Page 220
Array Covariance……Page 221
Multidimensional Arrays……Page 222
Multidimensional Jagged Arrays……Page 224
Comparing ICollection(Of T) with ICollection……Page 225
Collection Synchronization……Page 227
Lists……Page 228
System.Collections.ObjectModel……Page 230
How Iteration Works……Page 233
Summary……Page 237
Overview of Delegates……Page 239
Single Delegate……Page 240
Delegate Chaining……Page 242
Iterating Through Delegate Chains……Page 244
Open-Instance Delegates……Page 246
Strategy Pattern……Page 250
Events……Page 251
Custom Events……Page 254
Events and Relaxed Delegates……Page 255
Summary……Page 257
Introduction to Generics……Page 259
Efficiency and Type Safety of Generics……Page 260
Generic Type Definitions and Constructed Types……Page 262
Generic Classes and Structures……Page 263
Generic Interfaces……Page 264
Generic Methods……Page 265
Generic Delegates……Page 267
Generic Type Conversion……Page 270
Generic Nullable Types……Page 271
Constraints……Page 273
Generic System Collections……Page 277
Conversion and Operators Within Generic Types……Page 279
Creating Constructed Types Dynamically……Page 290
Summary……Page 292
Threading in VB 2008 and .NET 3.5……Page 293
Starting Threads……Page 294
States of a Thread……Page 297
Terminating Threads……Page 299
Halting and Waking Threads……Page 301
Foreground and Background Threads……Page 302
Thread-Local Storage……Page 303
Synchronizing Threads……Page 307
Lightweight Synchronization with the Interlocked Class……Page 308
Monitor Class……Page 313
Beware of Boxing……Page 317
Pulse and Wait……Page 318
Locking Objects……Page 322
ReaderWriterLock……Page 323
ReaderWriterLockSlim……Page 325
Mutex……Page 327
Events……Page 328
Win32 Synchronization Objects and WaitHandle……Page 329
Using the Thread Pool……Page 331
The IOU Pattern……Page 332
Asynchronous Method Calls……Page 333
Timers……Page 337
Summary……Page 338
Default to NotInheritable Classes……Page 339
Use the NVI Pattern……Page 340
Is the Object Cloneable?……Page 342
Is the Object Formattable?……Page 348
Is the Object Convertible?……Page 351
Does the Object Support Ordering?……Page 353
Is the Object Disposable?……Page 356
Does the Object Need a Finalizer?……Page 359
Reference Types and Identity Equality……Page 366
Overriding Object.Equals() for Reference Types……Page 369
If You Override Equals(), Override GetHashCode()……Page 372
Prefer Type Safety at All Times……Page 375
Using Immutable Reference Types……Page 380
Value-Type Best Practices……Page 384
Override Equals() for Better Performance……Page 385
Implement Type-Safe Forms of Interface Members and Derived Methods……Page 390
Summary……Page 394
Query Comprehensions……Page 395
Distinct……Page 396
Anonymous Types and Type Inference……Page 397
Extension Methods……Page 398
Inline Function……Page 400
From……Page 401
Order By……Page 402
Min, Max, and Count……Page 403
Count Using a Lambda Expression……Page 404
Let……Page 405
A LINQ Subquery……Page 406
Using LINQ to Find Your Documents……Page 407
Query Evaluation……Page 408
Create an XML Document……Page 411
Add Elements to an XML Document……Page 412
Save an XML Document……Page 414
Create an XML Document……Page 415
Add Elements to an XML Document……Page 416
Add Elements to a Specific Location in an XML Document……Page 417
Save an XML Document……Page 420
From……Page 421
Select……Page 422
Where……Page 423
Join……Page 424
Using LINQ to Create an Excel Spreadsheet……Page 425
LINQ to SQL……Page 427
Musician Data……Page 428
Genre Class……Page 430
Musician Class……Page 432
Create Musicians……Page 433
Update a Musician……Page 435
Delete a Musician……Page 436
Review Generated SQL……Page 437
Summary……Page 438
Books……Page 439
Web……Page 440
Console Applications……Page 443
A Few Words Regarding Modules……Page 444
Index……Page 445