.NET IL Assembler

Chapter 7

Namespaces and Classes

As earlier chapters have discussed, the common language runtime computational model is inherently object-oriented. The concept of class—or, to use more precise runtime terminology, the concept of a type—is the central principle around which the entire computational model is organized. The type of an item—a variable, a constant, a parameter, and so on—defines both data representation and the behavioral features of the item. Hence, one type can be substituted for another only if both these aspects are equivalent for both types. For instance, a derived type can be interpreted as the type from which it is derived. ...