Summary
This chapter introduced the COM+ context concept: a mechanism for providing component services. By intercepting client calls and performing additional processing, COM+ can ensure that the object has just the runtime environment it requires.
As stated at the beginning of this chapter, you usually do not need to interact with COM context or be aware that they exist. But understanding this abstract concept helps demystify the way COM+ services operate. Context and call interception is an extensible mechanism. As time goes by, new services can be added this way without affecting existing applications. When a client creates instances of your old component in the new environment, COM+ silently does its context compatibility in the background, and your existing component never knows that new services are available.
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