December 2001
Intermediate to advanced
360 pages
9h 6m
English
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The Common Type System
The Common Type System specifies the types supported by the CLR. The types specified by the CLR include
Classes— The definition of what will become an object; includes properties, methods, and events
Interfaces— The definition of the functionality a class can implement, but does not contain any implementation code
Value Types— User-defined data types that are passed by value
Delegates— Similar to function pointers in C++, delegates are often used for event handling and callbacks
The type system sets out the rules that language compilers must follow to produce code that is cross-language–compatible. By following the type system, vendors can produce code that is guaranteed to work with code from other languages and other compilers ...