CSE775 - Distributed Objects

Lecture #11 - COM Types, Introduction to Apartments

Revised: 4/20/2011
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Content:

In this lecture we concentrate on representing a variety of types used in COM development, then turn to an introduction to COM Apartments, in preparation for the next lecture on Win32 threads.
  1. Syllabus
    Describes topics to be covered, reading material for you to digest before coming to class, and due dates for the assigned projects.
  2. Project #1, Project #2, Final Projects
  3. Review of In-Process Components:
    In-Proc Components Class Diagram Structure Chart Activation Diagram Virtual Function Pointer Table
    In-Proc Component code
  4. IDL Presentation
    Discusses the types most frequently used with COM.
  5. Interfaces
    Shows how to pass most common types of data through COM interfaces, e.g., basic types, strings, pointers, and arrays.
  6. Review of other COM Topics:
    COM API
    COM Types
  7. Apartments:
    COM Apartments and Threading Models
    COM Reuse Mechanisms

  8. COM String References

    http://devguy.com/fp/Tips/COM/bstr.htm
    http://www.codeproject.com/string/bstrsproject1.asp
    http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/easybstr.asp
    http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/Cpp/string/conversions/article.php/c5639/
    http://www.ecs.syr.edu/faculty/fawcett/handouts/CSE775/Presentations/BruceMcKinneyPapers/COMstrings.htm
  9. IDL Links
  10. Static and Dynamic Link Libraries:
    static library tips, using interfaces and classes in DLLs,