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Effective Use of Microsoft Enterprise Library: Building Blocks for Creating Enterprise Applications & Services
Writing robust enterprise applications presents a special challenge for developers, but Microsoft has addressed that challenge with the free, downloadable Enterprise Library for the .NET Framework.
Enterprise Library is a collection of application blocks and guidance documents that together provide functionality common to enterprise applications;
each application block includes full source code. Lacking in the guidance provided by Microsoft is an overall roadmap to the process of using the application blocks. Effective Use of Microsoft Enterprise Library is that roadmap.
Microsoft application development lead architect Len Fenster explains exactly how to build applications using Enterprise Library application blocks. Fenster covers all seven application blocks as implemented for .NET Framework 1.1, shows how to develop and use a new application block, and explains how Enterprise Library is changing for .NET Framework 2.0.
Readers will learn
* How the Configuration Application Block is designed and can be used at runtime to easily read and write configuration data
* How the Configuration Application Block works at design time for all blocks
* How to use the Data Access Block to create a portable data layer
* How to use the Exception Handling Application Block to implement a policy-driven, application-wide exception handling system
* How to use the Logging and Instrumentation Application Block to log and instrument messages independent of the message destination
* How to add authentication, authorization, role membership, security cache, and profile membership features to an application with the Security Application Block
* How to use the Cryptography Application Block to add functionality to encrypt and decrypt data and create and compare hashes
* How to build your own application block and providers that ??snap? right into Enterprise Library
Whether you plan to extend Enterprise Library for your organization, or just use the existing application blocks to add functionality to your architecture in a consistent, extensible, integrated way, this book will guide you through the complexities and help you find a clear path to success.
CONTENTS:
Figures xvTables xxiiiForeword xxvPreface xxixAcknowledgments xliAbout the Author xliiiChapter 1: The Configuration Application Block Runtime 1
What Is the Configuration Application Block? 2
Design of the Configuration Application Block Runtime 3
Developing with the Configuration Application Block 52
Summary 59
Chapter 2: The Configuration Application Block Design-Time 61
Configuration and the Enterprise Library Configuration Tool 62
Behind the Configuration Design-Time 84
Example: Design-Time Configuration 100
Summary 107
Chapter 3: The Data Access Application Block 109
What Is the Data Access Application Block? 110
Design of the Data Access Application Block 112
Using the Data Access Application Block??s API 138
Summary 175
Chapter 4: The Caching Application Block 177
What Is the Caching Application Block? 178
The Design of the Caching Application Block 183
Developing with the Caching Application Block 220
Summary 240
Chapter 5: The Exception Handling Application Block 241
What Is the Exception Handling Application Block? 242
The Design of the Exception Handling Application Block 247
Developing with the Exception Handling Application Block 290
Summary 304
Chapter 6: The Logging and Instrumentation Application Block 307
What Is the Logging and Instrumentation Application Block? 308
Design of the Logging and Instrumentation Application Block 310
Developing with the Logging and Instrumentation Application Block 376
Summary 394
Chapter 7: The Security Application Block 397
What Is the Security Application Block? 399
Design of the Security Application Block 400
Developing with the Security Application Block 457
Summary 484
Chapter 8: The Cryptography Application Block 487
What Is the Cryptography Application Block? 488
.NET Cryptography 489
Design of the Cryptography Application Block 492
Developing with the Cryptography Application Block 509
Summary 524
Chapter 9: Building an Application Block 525
Vision and Design Goals 526
Core Functionality 529
Pluggable Providers 530
Factories 540
Runtime Configuration 543
Design-Time Configuration 556
Unit Tests 574
Quick Start Application 576
Summary 576
Appendix A: The Data Mapping Application Block 579
Design of the Data Mapping Application Block 580
Developing with the Data Mapping Application Block 595
Summary 619
Appendix B: Creating a .NET Managed Data Provider 621
The IDataParameter Interface 622
The IDataParameterCollection Interface 625
The IDataReader Interface 629
The IDbCommand Interface 633
The IDbConnection and ICloneable Interfaces 637
The IDbDataAdapter Interface 642
The IDbTransaction Interface 647
Appendix C: Enterprise Library for the .NET Framework 2.0 651
The Core 651
Data Access 657
Logging 658
Security 659
Index 661
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