Pro C# 9 with .NET 5: Foundational Principles and Practices in Programming

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A. Troelsen, P. JapiksePro C# 9 with .NET 5https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6939-8_14

14. Processes, AppDomains, and Load Contexts

Andrew Troelsen¹   and Phillip Japikse²

(1)

Minneapolis, MN, USA

(2)

West Chester, OH, USA

 

In this chapter, you’ll drill deep into the details of how an assembly is hosted by the runtime and come to understand the relationship between processes, application domains, and object contexts.

In a nutshell, application domains (or simply AppDomains) are logical subdivisions within a given process that host a set of related .NET Core assemblies. As you will see, an AppDomain is further subdivided into contextual boundaries, which are used ...