Chapter 7. The Framework Class Library
The Framework Class Library provides a cohesive set of managed types that provides the developer's view of the .NET Framework. This group of libraries serves as the runtime type libraries for many of the languages that target the Common Language Runtime. As such, the libraries must satisfy a diverse set of needs unique to the individual languages while still supporting interoperability across languages. The Framework Class Library is integral to the .NET Framework security model in that it provides encapsulation of privileged operations (such as access to the file system) in a restricted way so that code that comes from a semi-trusted [1] source can access the resource in a controlled manner. The libraries ...
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