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Programming .NET Components, 2nd Edition
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Programming .NET Components, 2nd Edition

by Juval Lowy
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
644 pages
17h
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Principles of Component-Oriented Programming

Component-oriented programming requires both systems that support the approach and programmers that adhere to its discipline and its core principles. However, it’s often hard to tell the difference between a true principle and a mere feature of the component technology being used. As the supporting technologies become more powerful, no doubt software engineering will extend its understanding of what constitutes component-oriented programming and embrace new ideas, and the core principles will continue to evolve. The most important principles of component-oriented programming include:

  • Separation of interface and implementation

  • Binary compatibility

  • Language independence

  • Location transparency

  • Concurrency management

  • Version control

  • Component-based security

The following subsections discuss these seven important principles. As discussed in the next section, .NET enables complying with all of the core principles, but it does not necessarily enforces these principles.

Separation of Interface from Implementation

The fundamental principle of component-oriented programming is that the basic unit in an application is a binary-compatible interface. The interface provides an abstract service definition between a client and the object. This principle contrasts with the object-oriented view of the world, which places the object, rather than its interface, at the center. An interface is a logical grouping of method definitions that acts as the contract between ...

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