.NET and COM Interoperability Handbook, The

The Implementation of the Serviced Component Methods

I did not want to clutter my explanation of serviced components by including the implementation of each method in the Book class. However, I would be remiss if I didn't discuss it before I concluded this chapter. Serviced components are primarily designed for Enterprise class applications. Enterprise applications use relational databases and often other resource managers like message queues. In fact, the transaction service in the .NET Enterprise Services (COM+) is designed for distributed applications involving two or more databases or other resource managers. I decided therefore to make the Book class an example of the kind of datacentric business object that .NET Enterprise Services was ...