C# in Depth

INDEX 375confusion 150, 222over captured variables 157connection management 318connection string 316, 336consistencycode formatting 147, 149language design 253of immutable types 39of inferred type arguments 80of nullable equality rules 119of nullable syntax choice 121of querying with LINQ 281, 325, 337, 344, 350Console 67, 194, 237, 320Constant 329constant collections 221constants 212in expression trees 243constraint violations 319constraints on type parameters. See typeconstraintsconstructed types 68, 92constructor parameters, anonymous types 226constructor type constraints 76constructors 108, 191generated 188in generic types 70of Nullable 116parameterless 77, 210, 217private in utility classes 190signatures other than parameterless 77static. See static constructorsXElement 339Contains. See Standard Query Operators, ContainsContainsKey 99context 151, 271, 287contextual keywords 298, 310partial 185continuation-passing style 180contracts in Spec# 21contravariance 103, 105message group conversions 141of delegates 55supported by CLR 106conventions 193, 209, 271, 273for events 142conversionof lists using delegates 72standard query operators. See Standard QueryOperators, conversionconversionsfrom method group to delegate instance 55preference in overloading 251ConvertAll 71, 96, 227, 267, 277, 281Converter 72, 175conveyor belt 278COOL 19coordination 178, 350Copy 257copy behavior for value/reference types 49CopyToDataTable 335corner cases 85coroutine 182correspondence between queries on different datasources 16Count 98Count. See Standard Query Operators, Countcovariance 103method group conversions 141of arrays 45of delegates 55of return type 46supported by the CLR 106CPU 88CreateQuery 327, 330criteria for matching 97cross joins 303CTP. See Community Technology Preview (CTP)Current 90, 162, 164, 167, 172, 279Ddatacontexts 17, 318models 276pipeline 161source 14sources 276transfer 51transfer type 57Data Access Strategy 348data binding 283Data Connections 316data models 276DataAdapter 319databases 179, 269, 278, 313–314access 131column selection 228independence 346joins 297nullable fields 58, 114recreating 319data-centric approach 11DataReader 265, 278DataRow 335DataRowExtensions 334DataSet 265datasetstyped 335–338untyped 334–335DataTable 334–335Licensed to Rhona Hadida