Professional .net 2.0 Generics

This book explores all aspects of the .NET generics implementation, covering everything from fundamental generic concepts, to the elements of generic syntax, to a broader view of how and when you might apply generics. It digs into the details associated with creating and consuming your own generic classes, structures, methods, delegates, and interfaces, examining all the nuances associated with leveraging each of these language constructs. The book also looks at guidelines for working with generic types, the performance gains achieved with generics, the new generic container libraries (BCL and third party), and key aspects of the underlying .NET implementation.


Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Introduction
· Generics 101
· Valuing Type Safety
· Generics ≠ Templates
· Generic Classes
· Generic Methods
· Generic Delegates
· Generic Constraints
· BCL Generics
· Reflection, Serialization, and Remoting
· Generics Guidelines
· Under the Hood
· Using Generics with C++
· Using Generics with J#
· Power Collections
Index

Market Description :
· Professional VB and C# programmers and architects.

About Author :
Tod Golding has been a professional programmer since 1986. He has worked in wide variety of roles ranging from Software Engineer to Lead Architect for organizations of all shapes and sizes, including time at Microsoft and Borland. He has been involved in designing and constructing large-scale systems using both the Microsoft and Java (J2EE) platforms and has focused language experience in C++, Java, and C#. Tod is an experienced author writing professional whitepapers assessing the relative strengths of competing technologies and was a sports writer for the Sacramento Bee.