Chapter 8. Domains

Many programming technologies and environments define their own unique models for scoping the execution of code and the ownership of resources. For an operating system, the model is based on processes. For the Java VM, it is based on class loaders. For Internet Information Services (IIS) and Active Server Pages (ASP), the scoping model is based on a virtual directory. For the CLR, the fundamental scope is an AppDomain, which is the focus of this chapter.