Inside COM+: Base Services

• LOC Page
• Foreword
• Preface

1. Component Software
• From Object-Oriented Programming to Component Software
• The Evolution of COM+
• From COM to COM+
2. The IUnknown Interface
• Interface Definition Language
• The Client
• The Component
• Merging Object Identity
3. Language Integration
• Type Libraries
• The Active Template Library
• COM+ Programming in Visual Basic
• COM+ Programming in Java
4. Apartments
• A Quick Review of Threads
• Apartment Types
• Threading Models for In-Process Components
• Apartments and Language Integration
• The Ten Threading Commandments
5. Automation
• The IDispatch Interface
• Implementing IDispatch
• Building Automation Clients
• Scripting
6. Exceptions
• Error Codes
• Rich Error Information
7. Component Categories
• Standard Component Categories
• Registering a Component Category
• Obtaining Component Category Information
8. Connection Points
• A Simple Connectable Object
• A Complete Connectable Object
9. Type Information
• Creating a Type Library
• Obtaining Type Information
10. Persistence
• The IPersist Interface Family
• Structured Storage
11. Monikers
• Initializing Objects
• More on Monikers
• The Class Moniker
• The New Moniker
• The Java Moniker
• The Running Object Table
12. Surrogates
• DLL Surrogates
• Custom Surrogates
• An Introduction to Marshaling
13. Executable Components
• Building an Executable Component
• Managing the Lifetime of an Executable Component
• Singletons
14. Custom Marshaling
• Marshaling Interface Pointers: An Overview
• Will That Be Custom or Standard Marshaling?
• Marshal-by-Value
15. Standard Marshaling
• The Standard Marshaling Architecture
• Converting Marshaled Interface Pointers to Strings
• Handler Marshaling
16. Interface Definition Language
• Types
• Directional Attributes
• Arrays
• Pointers
• Interface Design Recommendations
17. Asynchronous Calls
• Making Asynchronous Calls
• Call Cancellation
• Pipes
18. Security
• The Windows Distributed Security Model
• Declarative Security: The Registry
• Programmatic Security
19. The Network Protocol
• Spying on the Network Protocol
• Internet Services
• Calling All Remote Objects
• Marshaled Interface Pointers
• The OXID Resolver
• Garbage Collection
• Channel Hooks
20. Appendix -- Remote Procedure Calls
• The Design and Purpose of RPC
• The Prime Application

• Bibliography
• Author Bio
• Footnotes
• About This Electronic Book
• About Microsoft Press