Introduction to .Net Framework

Nithya Vidhyaarthi

Before .NETWindows GUI development: Win32 API, MFC,

Visual Basic, COMWeb development: ASPJava – “Write once, run anywhere.”Embrace and extend: Visual J++

Life As a C/Win32 API ProgrammerTraditional software development for the

Windows.C developers are forced to contend with complex

memory management and pointer arithmetic. It lacks the benefits provided by the object-oriented

approach

When you combine the thousands of global functions and data types defined by the Win32 API to an already formidable language, it is little wonder that there are so many buggy applications floating around today.

Life As a C++/MFC ProgrammerC++ is an object-oriented layer on top of C.

Programmers benefit from the famed “pillars of OOP” (encapsulation, inheritance, and polymorphism).

Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) provides a set of C++ classes that facilitate the construction of Win32 applications. It wraps a “sane subset” of the raw Win32 API behind a number of

classes, magic macros, and numerous code-generation tools (wizards).

Regardless of the helpful MFC, programming for Windows using C++ remains a difficult and error-prone experience

Visual Basic 6.0 ProgrammerAbility to build complex user interfaces, code

libraries, and data access logic with minimal fuss and bother. VB6 hides the complexities of the raw Win32 API

from view using integrated code wizards, intrinsic data types, classes, and VB-specific functions.

Not fully object-orientedNo “is-a” relationships between types (i.e., no

classical inheritance)No multithreaded applications unless you are

willing to drop down to low-level Win32 API calls (which is complex at best and dangerous at worst).

Life As a Java/J2EE ProgrammerObject oriented with syntactic roots in C++.

Java cleans up many unsavory syntactical aspects of C++.

Java provides programmers with a large number of predefined “packages” that contain various type definitions.

Limited ability to access non-Java APIs.Little support for true cross-language integration.

Not appropriate for many graphically or numerically intensive applications.

A better approach for such programs would be to use a language such as C++ where appropriate.

Life As a COM ProgrammerMicrosoft’s previous application development

framework.reusable binary code.C++ programmers can build COM classes that

can be used by VB6. Delphi programmers can use COM classes built using C.

COM’s language independence is limited. COM has no support for classical inheritance).

COM is extremely complex under the hood.The Active Template Library (ATL) provides a

set of C++ classes, templates, and macros to ease the creation of COM types.

Windows DNA ProgrammerMicrosoft has been adding more Internet-

aware features into its family of operating systems and products. COM-based Windows Distributed interNet

Applications Architecture (DNA) is quite complex.

Due to the simple fact that Windows DNA requires the use of numerous technologies and languages (ASP, HTML, XML, JavaScript, VBScript, COM(+), and data access API like ADO).

The complete maze…Completely unrelated syntaxes. JavaScript has a syntax much like C, while

VBScript is a subset of VB6. The result is a highly confused mishmash of technologies.

Each language and/or technology has its own type system:

An “int” in JavaScript is not quite the same as an “Integer” in VB6.

.Net, the Rescuer

.NET

OOP JVM

GUIWeb

component-based design n-tier design

.Net, the Rescuer

.Net providesIntegrated environment

Internet, Desktop , Mobile devices

consistent object-oriented

To provide a portable environment

A managed environment

What Is .NET.NET is a framework

New programming methodology

.NET is platform independent / cross

platform

.NET is language-insensitive

.NET is cross-platform

APP.exe

?Win64 Win32

(XP,2K,98)

WinCE

Narrow view of .Net applications

Operating System + Hardware

.NET Framework

.NET Application

.Net Framework

.Net Architecture.NET architecture is:

multi-languagecross-platformbased on the CLR, FCL, and JIT

technology.NET components are packaged as

assemblies

.Net Architecture

.Net Technical Architecture

Base Class Library

Common Language Specification

Common Language Runtime

ADO.NET: Data and XML

VB C++ C#

Visu

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TASP.NET: Web Servicesand Web Forms

JScript …

WindowsForms

WindowsForms

Common Language RuntimeA common runtime for all .NET languages

Common type systemCommon metadata Intermediate Language (IL) to native code compilersMemory allocation and garbage collectionCode execution and security

Over 15 languages supported todayC#, VB, Jscript, Visual C++ from MicrosoftPerl, Python, Smalltalk, Cobol, Haskell, Mercury, Eiffel,

Oberon, Oz, Pascal, APL, CAML, Scheme, etc.Rational is working on Java compiler for CLR

The CLR Architecture

Class Loader

MSIL to NativeCompilers (JIT)

CodeManager

GarbageCollector (GC)

Security Engine Debug Engine

Type Checker Exception Manager

Thread Support COM Marshaler

Base Class Library Support

CLR Execution Model (Narrow)Code in VB.NET Code in C#

Code in another .NET Language

VB.NET compiler C# compilerAppropriate

Compiler

IL(IntermediateLanguage) code

CLR just-in-timeexecution

CLR Execution ModelVBSource

codeCompiler

C++C#

CompilerCompiler

AssemblyIL Code

AssemblyIL Code

AssemblyIL Code

Operating System Services

Common Language Runtime

JIT Compiler

Native Code

Managedcode

UnmanagedComponent

How CLR works?

CLR based executionAPP.exe

other FCL components

CLR

JIT Compiler

obj code

OS Process

Underlying OS and HW

Core FCL

Common Language RuntimeExecution Engine

Compiles Microsoft Intermediate Language (MSIL) into native code

Handles garbage collectionHandles exceptionsEnforces code access securityHandles verification

Managed v. Unmanaged

Implications of CLR execution model1. Clients need CLR & FCL to run .NET apps

available via Redistributable .NET Framework

2. Design trade-off…+ managed execution (memory

protection, verifiable code, etc.)+ portability:– slower execution?

CLR and JIT compiling.Indirect execution of .Net applications.All .NET languages compile to the same CIL.The CLR transforms the CIL to assembly

instructions for a particular hardware architecture.This is termed jit’ing or Just-in-time compiling.Some initial performance cost, but the jitted

code is cached for further execution.The CLR can target the specific architecture in

which the code is executing, so some performance gains are possible.

Advantages of CLRSupport for developer services (debugging)

Interoperation between managed code and

unmanaged code (COM, DLLs).

Managed code environment

Improved memory handling

Improved “garbage collection”

Advantages of CLRJIT allows code to run in a protected environment as

managed code.

JIT allows the IL code to be hardware independent.

CLR also allows for enforcement of code access security.

Verification of type safety.

Access to Metadata (enhanced Type Information)

Common Language Infrastructure

CLI

Common Language InfrastructureCLI allows for cross-language development.

Four components:

Common Type System (CTS)

Meta-data in a language agnostic fashion.

Common Language Specification – behaviors

that all languages need to follow.

A Virtual Execution System (VES).

Common Type System (CTS)A specification for how types are

defined and how they behave.no syntax specified

A type can contain zero or more members:FieldMethodPropertyEvent

Common Type System (CTS)

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Mul t i castDel egat e

Cl ass2

Cl ass3

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CTS Data Types

Common Data TypesCLR provides a set of primitive types that all

languages must support. The data types include:

Integer—three types 16/32/64 bitsFloat—two types: 32/64 bitsBoolean and CharacterDate/time and Time span

The primitive types can be collected intoArraysStructuresCombination of the two

Common Language Specification (CLS)Not all languages support all CTS types

and featuresC# is case sensitive, VB.NET is notC# supports pointer types (in unsafe mode),

VB.NET does notC# supports operator overloading, VB.NET

does not

CLS was drafted to promote language interoperabilityvast majority of classes within FCL are CLS-

compliant

Comparison to Java

Hello.java Hello.class JVMcompile execute

Hello.vb Hello.exe CLRcompile execute

Source code Byte code

CILSource code

Base Class Library @ FCL

Unified Classes

Web Classes (ASP.NET)

XML Classes

System Classes

Drawing Classes

Windows FormsData (ADO.NET)

Controls, Caching, Security, Session, Configuration etc

Collections, Diagnostics, Globalization, IO, Security,Threading Serialization, Reflection, Messaging etc

ADO, SQL,Types etc

Drawing, Imaging, Text, etc

Design, Cmpnt Model etc

XSLT, Path, Serialization etc

Base Class LibrarySimilar to Java’s System namespace.

Used by all .NET applications

Has classes for IO, threading, database, text,

graphics, console, sockets/web/mail, security,

cryptography, COM, run-time type

discovery/invocation, assembly generation

Framework Class Library @ BCLSingle consistent set of object oriented class

libraries to enable building distributed web applications (Unified Classes)

Built using classes arranged across logical hierarchical namespaces

Work with all CLR languagesNo more “VBRun” or “MFC” divide

Example

Intermediate Language (IL).NET languages are not compiled to machine code.

They are compiled to an Intermediate Language (IL).

CLR accepts the IL code and recompiles it to machine code. The recompilation is just-in-time (JIT) meaning it is done as soon as a function or subroutine is called.

The JIT code stays in memory for subsequent calls. In cases where there is not enough memory it is discarded thus making JIT process interpretive.

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