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Appendix E. Useful Microsoft .NET Framework Classes

DOCUMENTATION FOR THE .NET Framework can consume thousands upon thousands of printed pages. Luckily for environmentally minded individuals, these pages have not been printed (at least that I’m aware of). With a plethora of classes available, which ones should enterprise scripters use? The list in Table E-1 is a good place to start.

Table E-1. NET Framework Classes and Their Use

.NET FRAMEWORK CLASS	CLASS USE
Collections.ArrayList	Implements the IList interface using an array whose size is dynamically increased as required.
Collections.Generic.Dictionary	Represents a collection of keys and values.
Collections.Queue	Represents a first-in, first-out collection of objects.
Collections.SortedList	Represents ...