System.Runtime Namespaces

The System.Runtime namespace contains advanced types that support diverse namespaces such as the System, Runtime, and the Security namespaces.

The System.Runtime.Caching namespace contains types that let you implement caching in NET Framework applications.

The System.Runtime.Caching.Configuration namespace contains configuration handler classes for the .NET Framework caching feature.

The types in the System.Runtime.Caching.Hosting namespace support .NET Framework hosting environments that use the caching features in ASP.NET.

The System.Runtime.CompilerServices namespace provides functionality for compiler writers who use managed code to specify attributes in metadata that affect the run-time behavior of the common language runtime.

The System.Runtime.ConstrainedExecution namespace defines a set of types that enumerate and define a contract for reliability between the author of some code, and the developers who take a dependency on that code. The types in the System.Runtime.ConstrainedExecution namespace are intended for use in constrained execution regions (CERs).

The System.Runtime.DesignerServices namespace provides classes that support application and component designers in integrated development environments.

This namespace contains classes that are used by the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) infrastructure to implement a persistence provider.

The System.Runtime.ExceptionServices namespace provides classes for advanced exception handling.

The System.Runtime.Hosting namespace contains advanced types that are used in application activation within application domains.

The System.Runtime.InteropServices namespace provides a wide variety of members that support COM interop and platform invoke services. If you are unfamiliar with these services, see Interoperating with Unmanaged Code.

The System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes namespace contains managed types that correspond to types used by COM interop.

This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Provides internal marshaling support for the .NET Framework.

The System.Runtime.InteropServices.Expando namespace contains the IExpando interface which allows modification of an object by adding or removing its members.

The System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime namespace contains classes that support interoperation between managed code and the Windows Runtime, and that enable the creation of Windows Runtime types with managed code.

The System.Runtime.Remoting namespace provides classes and interfaces that allow developers to create and configure distributed applications. Some of the more important classes of the System.Runtime.Remoting namespace are the RemotingConfiguration class, the RemotingServices class, and the ObjRef class.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Activation namespace provides classes and objects that support server and client activation of remote objects.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels namespace contains classes that support and handle channels and channel sinks, which are used as the transport medium when a client calls a method on a remote object.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Http namespace contains channels that use the HTTP protocol to transport messages and objects to and from remote locations. By default, the HTTP channels encode objects and method calls in SOAP format for transmission, but other encoding and decoding formatter sinks can be specified in the configuration properties of a channel. One of the most important classes of the System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Http namespace is the HttpChannel class.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Ipc namespace defines a communication channel for remoting that uses the interprocess cmmunication (IPC) system of the Windows operating system. Because it does not use network communication, the IPC channel is much faster than the HTTP and TCP channels, but it can only be used for communication between application domains on the same physical computer.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp namespace contains channels that use the TCP protocol to transport messages and objects to and from remote locations. By default, the TCP channels encode objects and method calls in binary format for transmission, but other encoding and decoding formatter sinks can be specified in the configuration properties of a channel. One of the most important classes of the System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp namespace is the TcpChannel class.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Contexts namespace contains objects that define the contexts all objects reside within. A context is an ordered sequence of properties that defines an environment for the objects within it. Contexts are created during the activation process for objects that are configured to require certain automatic services such synchronization, transactions, just-in-time (JIT) activation, security, and so on. Multiple objects can live inside a context.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Lifetime namespace contains classes that manage the lifetime of remote objects.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging namespace contains classes used to create and transmit messages. The remoting infrastructure uses messages to communicate with remote objects. Messages are used to transmit remote method calls, to activate remote objects, and to communicate information. A message object carries a set of named properties, including action identifiers, envoy information, and parameters. Some of the most important classes of the System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging namespace are the AsyncResult class, the RemotingSurrogateSelector class, and the ReturnMessage class.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Metadata namespace contains classes and attributes that can be used to customize generation and processing of SOAP for objects and fields. The classes of this namespace can be used to indicate the SOAPAction header field, type output, XML element name, and the method XML namespace URI. This information is used by the SOAP serializer during SOAP generation and the Soapsuds Tool (Soapsuds.exe) during Web Services Description Language (WSDL) generation. The information specified by the attributes in this namespace can be used on the receiving end of the generated SOAP to customize processing of the remoted method calls and objects. One of the most important classes of the System.Runtime.Remoting.Metadata namespace is SoapAttribute class. The SoapAttribute class is nonfunctional, and can only be used as the base class for all the metadata attributes. For more information on the SOAPAction HTTP header field, see www.w3.org/tr/soap/#_Toc478383528.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Metadata.W3cXsd2001 namespace contains the XML Schema Definition (XSD) that was defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in 2001. The XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes specification from W3C identifies format and behavior of various data types. This namespace contains wrapper classes for the data types that conform to the W3C specification. All date and time types conform to the ISO standards specification.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.MetadataServices namespace contains the classes that are used by the Soapsuds Tool (Soapsuds.exe) command-line tool and the user code to convert metadata to and from XML schema for the remoting infrastructure. Some of the most important classes of this namespace are the SdlChannelSink class and the MetaData class.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies namespace contains classes that control and provide functionality for proxies. A proxy is a local object that is an image of a remote object. Proxies enable clients to access objects across remoting boundaries.

The System.Runtime.Remoting.Services namespace contains service classes that provide functionality to the .NET Framework. One of the most important classes of this namespace is the TrackingServices class.

The System.Runtime.Serialization namespace contains classes that can be used for serializing and deserializing objects. Serialization is the process of converting an object or a graph of objects into a linear sequence of bytes for either storage or transmission to another location. Deserialization is the process of taking in stored information and recreating objects from it.

The System.Runtime.Serialization.Configuration namespace contains classes used to read the values found in application configuration under system.xml.serialization section.

The classes in this namespace are used by the serialization infrastructure to handle the configuration elements and cannot be used directly. Instead, to configure the DataContractSerializer, create an application configuration file and use the following XML elements. <system.xml.serialization><dataContractSerializer><declaredTypes><add> element for <declaredTypes><knownType> element

The System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters namespace provides common enumerations, interfaces, and classes that are used by serialization formatters.

The System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary namespace contains the BinaryFormatter class, which can be used to serialize and deserialize objects in binary format.

The System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap namespace contains the SoapFormatter class, which can be used to serialize and deserialize objects in the SOAP format. When building applications that uses the types in this namespace, you must reference the System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.dll assembly.

Provides classes related to Json serialization.

The System.Runtime.Versioning namespace contains advanced types that support versioning in side by side implementations of the .NET Framework.