Customizing the Microsoft® .NET Framework Common Language Runtime

Chapter 6. Configuring Application Domains

In Chapter 5, I describe application domains as a construct used to isolate groups of assemblies that are loaded into the same process. An important aspect of this isolation is the ability for the creator of an application domain to be able to constrain various aspects of how the domain operates. For example, a domain’s creator must be able to limit the locations from which unsigned assemblies can be loaded into the domain. Other examples include the ability to control how version policy applies to assemblies in the domain and to specify the configuration file where application-specific settings can be stored. These aspects of application domain behavior, along with many others, can be customized through ...