With all the attention paid recently to web services, many developers don't realize that the true successor to DCOM is actually .NET Remoting. And what an improvement it is! Advanced .NET Remoting is the first book that really offers in-depth coverage of the .NET Remoting Framework. The first part of the book covers everything a developer needs to know to use the framework and its capabilities in real-world applications, including the basics of server-activated objects versus client-activated objects, formatters, channels, lifetime issues, security, configuration files, and more. The server-side hosting of remotable components in console applications, Windows Services, and IIS are also covered in detail.
The second part presents .NET Remoting internals in an unprecedented way. Ingo Rammer shows how the framework really uses message sinks and sink providers, and gives in-depth advice on why and how to implement message and channel sinks. These chapters will also give detailed insight into the synchronous and asynchronous message processing within the framework. Rammer goes far beyond Microsoft's documentation in explaining how .NET Remoting really works, and how it can be extended-essential information for advanced developers. Rammer also includes a chapter that presents the development process and source code for several real-world message sinks and shows you how to develop a custom Remoting transport channel from scratch. He concludes with coverage of the ContextBoundObject class and .NET contexts, which allow the use of the techniques of the .NET Remoting Framework within individual, client-only applications.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Introduction to Remoting
Chapter 2: .NET Remoting Basics
Chapter 3: Using Remoting
Chapter 4: Configuration and Deployment
Chapter 5: Securing .NET Remoting
Chapter 6: In-Depth .NET Remoting
Chapter 7: Inside the Framework
Chapter 8: Creation of Sinks
Chapter 9: Extending .NET Remoting
Chapter 10: Developing a Transport Channel
Chapter 11: Context Matters |
