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	Partial Classes in .NET (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Partial class is a new functionality that is included in Visual Studio.Net 2005 and is supported in ASP.Net 2.0.
		This new feature, partial class, allows you to allot different developers to develop the code for different functionalities that are available in a single class.
		This proves that although the classes are split in different files, the usage of the Partial keyword helps in binding all the partial classes together during compilation and produces a single intermediate language file.
	www.dotnet-guide.com /partialclasses.html (873 words)

	Insanity as job : Weblog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For those who don't know partial classes, it is related to the possibility to split your classes on many files, that are merged at compile time.
		As long apparentely every discussion in the Internet about partial classes tend to focus only on using it to separate ide-generated code from developer-code, there is nothing to prevent coders to split their classes on many files with no much sense.
		Whilst partial classes are supported by the compiler, for me, it only exists because ms wants everybody to use his crapy IDE.
	jroller.com /page/rafael?entry=partial_classes_and_the_life (536 words)

	ONDotnet.com -- Making Sense of Partial Classes
		In Whidbey, partial classes are used to separate these ideas by having the designer code in one file, and the user code in another.
		When the various classes in the project are compiled, the separate files are combined and the various components of the class are merged together at compile time.
		Spreading a class' definition over multiple files may lead to designs that would benefit from refactoring and taking advantage of inheritance, but this does not mean that partial classes do not have their place.
	www.ondotnet.com /pub/a/dotnet/2004/10/04/partialclasses.html (1816 words)

	Partial classes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Partial classes, or partial types, are a feature of some object oriented computer programming languages in which the declaration of a class may be split across multiple source-code files, or multiple places within a single file.
		The purpose of partial classes is to allow a class's definition to span across multiple files.
		Using partial classes, the code generator processes a separate file, and is thus alleviated from all the above mentioned problems.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Partial_type (564 words)

	About Partial Types, a New Feature in VS.Net 2005 ( Whidbey )
		The implementation of partial classes is done by the compiler for VB.Net and C# in Visual Studio.Net itself.
		Since, a class file can be slit across different files, the automatic code generated are placed in a different file which will have a partial class for that.aspx page.
		Partial classes are declared using the “partial” keyword.
	www.dotnet-guide.com /partialtypes.html (687 words)

	Partial Classes and Stub routines
		Partial classes have no associated type and contain code that may only be included by other classes.
		Partial classes may not be instantiated: no routine calls from another class into a partial class are allowed, and no variables may be declared in another class of such a type.
		Partial classes cannot be used to instantiate parameters of a parametrized class.
	www.gnu.org /software/sather/docs-1.2/tutorial/inclusion1161.html (403 words)

	Class (computer science) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A class describes a collection of encapsulated instance variables and methods (functions), possibly with implementation of those types together with a constructor function that can be used to create objects of the class.
		An invariant is what distinguishes datatypes and classes from each other, that is, a class does not allow use of all possible values for the state of the object, only those that are well-defined by the semantics of the intended use of the datatype.
		Composition between class A and class B describes a "part-of" relationship where instances of class B have shorter lifetime than the lifetime of the corresponding instances of the enclosing class.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Class_(computer_science) (4404 words)

	Andy Smith's Blog : partial nested classes
		"Partial classes" is on of the new features of v2 that, while I totally get why Microsoft wanted to add it, I didn't really see any use of them beyond the vstudio code gen world.
		Before partial classes I would have just set them as internal to avoid the problem, but that is more exposure than they require.
		So with partial classes, I put each nested class in its own file, with the parents' "partial class" declaration becoming an extended namespace of sorts.
	weblogs.asp.net /asmith/archive/2005/09/05/424465.aspx (429 words)

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		The compiler replaces the code in the class member with an instantiation of the nested type, assigning to the nested class's member variable a reference back to the collection, similar to the manual implementation shown in Figure 2.
		Partial type support is available for classes, structures, and interfaces, but you cannot have a partial enum definition.
		Partial types also enable two or more developers to work on the same type while both have their files checked out from source control without interfering with each other.
	msdn.microsoft.com /msdnmag/issues/04/05/C20/default.aspx (5861 words)

	Scott Stewart : Partial Classes are OOP agnostic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		If somebody is trying to use partial classes to implement some OOP concepts then the fault lies with this person’s misconception of partial classes, not with partial classes.
		Partial classes could be used to create a 100% pure OOP solution or not, just like single code file class definitions can.
		On the other hand, partial classes allow you to separate a single class definition between multiple code files, and while this itself doesn’t really speak to anything OOP, it may allow you to make some purer OOP decisions and still gain some layering benefits that separate code files can provide.
	dotnetjunkies.com /WebLog/sstewart/archive/2005/04/20/69510.aspx (1064 words)

	CoDe Magazine - Article: Implications and Repercussions of Partial Classes in the .NET Framework 2.0 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		By declaring a class partial, you state that source files can be added to the same project to extend the functionality of the class.
		Partial classes are a source-level, assembly-limited, non-object-oriented way to extend the behavior of a class.
		By marking a class as partial, you enable the compiler to retrieve the whole set of members from various files, perhaps written at different times by different developers.
	www.code-magazine.com /Article.aspx?quickid=0503021 (832 words)

	[#BOO-224] allow for partial classes - jira.codehaus.org
		If 2 or more different base classes are declared in each partial definition an error will be thrown just like you had declared 2 base classes in a full definition.
		I do think partial classes are a very useful feature and it will certainly be part of boo some time soon.
		It allows you to quickly see that a class is NOT partial, so you don't have to spend time searching the other parts.
	jira.codehaus.org /browse/BOO-224 (798 words)

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		When the compiler encounters a class member with a yield return statement such as this, it injects the definition of a nested class called GetEnumeratorrandom unique string of characters and numbers, as shown in the C# pseudocode in Figure 5.
		The compiler replaces the code in the class member with an instantiation of the nested type, assigning to the nested class a reference back to the collection, similar to the manual implementation shown in Figure 2.
		The nested class has a back reference to the containing class called <>+number+__this (such as <>4__this), which is a valid MSIL member variable name.
	msdn.microsoft.com /msdnmag/issues/06/00/C20/default.aspx (6453 words)

	ASP.NET Resources - How To Properly Group Partial Class Files in Visual Studio 2005
		Partial classes have been a very useful addition to the.NET Framework.
		Partial classes are extremely helpful when a class is party code–generated and partly written by hand, which is exactly what happens in VS 2K5: it is thanks to a code-gen’ed
		Also please clearify me that if I am adding a function in the partial class in different page then other partial class is not picking that function and compile time error comes that function doesn't exist in current context.
	www.aspnetresources.com /blog/partial_class_files_in_vs2k5.aspx (414 words)

	Divide functionality into manageable pieces with .NET 2.0's partial classes
		Partial classes allow a class to be defined over multiple distinct files.
		Partial classes are one of the few.NET features that are the same in both VB.NET and C#; the partial keyword denotes a class as such.
		The generated code is contained in a separate file (partial class) with the file name defined as a form name followed by Designer.vb or Designer.cs depending on the language.
	builder.com.com /5100-6371_14-6082791.html (502 words)

	CodeGaffe: Avoid .NET “partial” classes in C# and VB
		As the class builder can be run at any time, the easiest and best way to protect the support methods added after the classbuilder has been run for the first time is tio add them in a partial class.
		Partial is used to keep the generated code separate from hand-written code.
		The alternative, using partial classes, means you have to preserve your internal private data for the future too.
	geekswithblogs.net /dchestnutt/archive/2006/04/05/74442.aspx (1263 words)

	CodeGuru: Programming with Partial Classes in VB.NET 2005
		The partial classes use the new keyword partial and are defined in the same namespace.
		Partial classes can be used to split the definition of classes, structures, and interfaces, which supports simultaneous development or the separation of generated from user-generated code.
		What the partial modifiers mean is that under most conditions you don't need to change the designer-generated code; simply add your code to the source file provided and let the designer take care of itself.
	www.codeguru.com /columns/VB/article.php/c10611 (1341 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Partial Classes are classes that can be defined at more than one location, but which contain different members.
		Partial Classes also allow you to store the same class, with different members, in different physical locations.
		Partial Classes may each derive from the same base types and interfaces, but may not each contain different base types and interfaces:
	www.dotnetfun.com /Articles/csharp/2.0/WhatsNew20PartialClasses.aspx (517 words)

	Thom Robbins .NET Weblog : Looking at Partial Classes
		Within the main form when the class is instantiated, Intellisense provides the single implementation of the class as shown in Figure 4.
		Within Visual Studio 2005 the concept of partial classes is used to remove this code completely from the designer as shown in Figure 6.
		Once all files are shown, the partial class is shown within the Solutions Explorer as seen in Figure 9.
	blogs.msdn.com /trobbins/articles/481571.aspx (718 words)

	Understanding and Using .NET Partial Classes
		One of the greatest benefits of partial classes is that it allows a clean separation of business logic and the user interface (in particular the code that is generated by the visual designer).
		Besides the order in which the "partial" keyword is placed, the most significant difference is the strict enforcement of the use of the "partial" keyword in all partial classes in C#.
		It is mandatory, whereas in VB.NET, not all of the partial classes have to have the "partial" keyword.
	www.devx.com /dotnet/Article/22603 (1062 words)

	Partial Class Definitions (C#) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It is possible to split the definition of a class or a struct, or an interface over two or more source files.
		Using the partial keyword indicates that other parts of the class, struct, or interface can be defined within the namespace.
		Any class, struct, or interface members declared in a partial definition are available to all of the other parts.
	msdn2.microsoft.com /en-us/library/wa80x488.aspx (726 words)

	Otaku, Cedric's weblog: Partial classes
		Ted is all excited about the upcoming partial classes (the ability to have a class implementation spread over several source files) in the CLR.
		I fail to see how partial classes help mitigate this problem since nothing prevents both you and the code generator to create methods with the same name and signature in different files.
		Partial classes can come in handy in such a case.
	beust.com /weblog/archives/000051.html (440 words)

	Partial Classes
		Partial classes are different from open classes in Ruby, at least in the sense that all Ruby classes are open, but only so declared classes are partial in dotnet.
		Partial classes seem kind of like defining a C++ class using #include to include the *.cpp definitions themselves.
		While C++ allows the implementation of a class to be scattered about however you like (simply omit the implementation of a C++ member function from the class definition), the definition of the class itself can only be in one place.
	c2.com /cgi/wiki?PartialClasses (627 words)

	Ralf's Sudelbücher : How partial classes can help Unit Testing
		Testing a class for correctness using Unit Tests means to exercise all methods of a class.
		Code within the class to be tested like my static method in the partial class, though, "is allowed" to know about private details of the class.
		If your class is passing 100% of the tests you wrote around its public operations, then it really doesn't matter to any user of your class whether the private implementation fails in some way.
	weblogs.asp.net /ralfw/archive/2006/04/14/442836.aspx (2083 words)

	Three Cool New Features in C#
		One example is a class that is partially generated by a code generator, and partially modified and maintained by the developer.
		This way, part of a partial class could be maintained by the code generator and a second part of the class could be maintained by the developer.
		Also, partial classes can be used to logically break down large classes into smaller bits, which can be very useful in team development scenarios., This can be a handy feature when it comes to adding debug functionality to a class.
	www.devx.com /codemag/Article/20149/0/page/2 (1699 words)

	Ed's Blog : .NET framework 2.0 quickie - partial classes
		All the partial definitions must be in the same namespace(also obvious) and must be contained in the same module(exe or dll).
		There is no rule that states that you have to have at least 2 partial definitions to be able to use “partial” on a class.
		The major drawback I see in partial classes is that developers will use it to “extend” classes instead of normal OO mechanism, thus ending up with huge monolithic classes.
	dotnet.org.za /eduard/archive/2004/08/13/3284.aspx (918 words)

	Alan Cameron Wills' WebLog : partial classes
		We use partial classes a lot in the DSL Tools.
		If you're not familiar with it, a partial class definition is just a set of methods, properties etc that gets combined with another partial definition at link time, to form a complete class.
		The partial classes addition to VS05 is a good example of a simple feature that makes sense and will have immediate benefit to the userbase.
	blogs.msdn.com /alan_cameron_wills/archive/2005/11/03/483726.aspx (410 words)

	ONDotnet.com -- New Language Features in C# 2.0, Part 1
		The beauty of iterators is that the enumerable class can concentrate on providing information, while the consumer can concentrate on retrieving it.
		Partial classes give you the ability to split a single class into more than one source code (.cs) file.
		Partial classes don't offer much in the way of solving programming problems, but they can be useful if you have extremely large, unwieldy classes.
	www.ondotnet.com /pub/a/dotnet/2004/04/05/csharpwhidbeypt1.html (1589 words)

	Partial classes
		One article on C# corner http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Code/2004/July/WhidbeyFeatures.asp suggests Partial classes is good because it allows multiple developers to work on the same class.
		Partial classes seem like a hack, made just to address the Visual Studio.NET issue.
		It may seem that partial classes is a hack to support the new features in VS.NET 2005.
	www.theserverside.net /discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=34255 (760 words)

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