Description
Book SynopsisThis text offers both traditional COM programmers and new .NET component developers information on developing applications that take advantage of COM+ services. It focuses on COM+ services, including support for transactions, queued components, events, concurrency management, and security.
Trade Review"This is a book I can see myself referring to during active development so I'd recommend it to programmers." - Paul Whitehead, Cvu, June 2002
Table of ContentsForeword. Preface. 1. COM+ Component Services COM+ Component Services The Component Services Explorer Hello COM+ COM+ Configured Components Applications, DLLs, and Components Configuring COM+ Applications Debugging COM+ Applications Deploying COM+ Applications Summary. 2. COM+ Context Encapsulation via Marshaling in COM Encapsulation via Interception in COM+ The Context Object The Call Object Cross-Context Manual Marshaling Summary. 3. COM+ Instance Management Client Types Instance Management and Scaling Object Pooling Just-in-Time Activation Combining JITA with Object Pooling Object Constructor String COM+ Instance Management Pitfalls. 4. COM+ Transactions Transaction Basics Transaction Properties Transaction Scenarios COM+ Transactions Architecture Configuring Transactions Voting on a Transaction Transactional Object Life Cycle Designing Transactional Components Nontransactional Clients Transactions and Object Pooling Compensating Transactions Transaction Execution Time Tracing Transactions In-Doubt Transactions Transaction Statistics COM+ Transactions Pitfalls. 5. COM+ Concurrency Model Object-Oriented Programming and Multiple Threads Apartments: The Classic COM Solution Activities: The COM+ Innovation COM+ Configuration Settings Activities and JITA Activities and Transactions Tracing Activities The Neutral Threaded Apartment Summary. 6. Programming the COM+ Catalog Why Program the Catalog? The Catalog Programming Model Catalog Structure Interacting with the Catalog Features of COMAdminCatalog The COM+ Catalog and Transactions Summary. 7. COM+ Security The Need for Security Basic Security Terms Role-Based Security Securing a Server Application Securing a Library Application Programmatic Role-Based Security Security Boundaries Advanced COM+ Security COM+ Security Pitfalls Summary. 8. COM+ Queued Components Major Benefits of Queued Components Queued Components Architecture Component Services Explorer Configuration Invoking Queued Components on the Client Side Designing Queued Component Interfaces Receiving Output from a Queued Component Queued Component Error Handling Queued Components and Transactions Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Components Queued Components Security Queued Components Pitfalls Summary. 9. COM+ Event Service Classic COM Events COM+ Event Model The Event Class Subscription Types Delivering Events Event Filtering Distributed COM+ Events Asynchronous Events COM+ Events and Transactions COM+ Events and Security COM+ Events Limitation Summary. 10. .NET Serviced Components Developing Serviced Components .NET Assemblies and COM+ Applications Registering Assemblies Configuring Serviced Components Application Activation Type The Description Attribute Accessing the COM+ Context COM+ Context Attributes COM+ Object Pooling COM+ Just-in-Time Activation COM+ Constructor String COM+ Transactions COM+ Synchronization Programming the COM+ Catalog COM+ Security COM+ Queued Components COM+ Loosely Coupled Events Summary. A. The COM+ Logbook B. COM+ 1.5 C. Introduction to .NET Index
