Microsoft® .NET Remoting

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. Dedication
3. Acknowledgments
4. Introduction
5. Understanding Distributed Application Development
   1. A Brief History
   2. Distributed Objects—A Welcome Abstraction
   3. Benefits of Distributed Application Development
   4. Challenges of Distributed Application Development
   5. Using .NET Remoting to Meet the Challenges
   6. Summary
6. Understanding the .NET Remoting Architecture
   1. Remoting Boundaries
   2. Object Activation
   3. An Object’s Lease on Life
   4. Crossing Application Boundaries
   5. Summary
7. Building Distributed Applications with .NET Remoting
   1. Designing a Distributed Job Assignment Application
   2. Implementing the JobServer Application
   3. Implementing the JobClient Application
   4. Exposing the JobServerImpl Class as a Web Service
   5. Extending the Sample with Client-Activated Objects
   6. Metadata Dependency Issues
   7. Summary
8. SOAP and Message Flows
   1. Simple Object Access Protocol
   2. Message Flows
   3. Summary
9. Messages and Proxies
   1. Messages
   2. Proxies
   3. Summary
10. Message Sinks and Contexts
    1. Message Sinks
    2. Understanding Contexts
    3. Summary
11. Channels and Channel Sinks
    1. How Channels Are Constructed
    2. Creating Custom Channels
    3. Implementing a Custom Channel Sink
    4. Summary
12. Serialization Formatters
    1. Object Serialization
    2. Serialization Formatters
    3. Creating a Formatter Sink
    4. Summary
13. About the Author
    1. Scott McLean
    2. James Naftel
    3. Kim Williams