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Table of Contents:
Foreword. Preface. Annotators' Biographies. I: NAMESPACE OVERVIEWS.     System     System.Collections.Specialized     System.Globalization     System.Net     System.Reflection     System.Runtime.CompilerServices     System.Runtime.InteropServices     System.Security.Permissions     System.Xml II: CLASS LIBRARIES.     System.Net.Sockets.AddressFamily Enum     System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException     System.AppDomain     System.Reflection.Assembly     System.AssemblyLoadEventArgs     System.AssemblyLoadEventHandler Delegate     System.Net.AuthenticationManager     System.Net.Authorization     System.BadImageFormatException     System.Reflection.Binder     System.Reflection.BindingFlags Enum     System.Runtime.InteropServices.CallingConvention Enum     System.CannotUnloadAppDomainException     System.Runtime.InteropServices.CharSet Enum     System.Reflection.ConstructorInfo Structure     System.Net.CredentialCache     System.Globalization.CultureInfo     System.Runtime.CompilerServices.DecimalConstantAttribute     System.Reflection.DefaultMemberAttribute     System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImportAttribute     System.Net.Dns     System.Net.DnsPermission     System.Net.DnsPermissionAttribute     System.Net.EndPoint     System.EntryPointNotFoundException     System.Reflection.EventAttributes Enum     System.Reflection.EventInfo     System.FieldAccessException     System.Reflection.FieldAttributes Enum     System.Reflection.FieldInfo     System.Runtime.InteropServices.FieldOffsetAttribute     System.Xml.Formatting Enum     System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandle Structure     System.Runtime.InteropServices.GCHandleType Enum     System.Net.GlobalProxySelection     System.Net.HttpContinueDelegate Delegate     System.Net.HttpStatusCode Enum     System.Net.HttpVersion     System.Net.HttpWebRequest     System.Net.HttpWebResponse     System.Net.IAuthenticationModule Interface     System.Net.ICredentials Interface     System.Runtime.InteropServices.InAttribute     System.IntPtr Structure     System.Net.IPAddress     System.Net.IPEndPoint     System.Net.IPHostEntry     System.Runtime.CompilerServices.IsVolatile     System.Net.IWebProxy Interface     System.Net.IWebRequestCreate Interface     System.Runtime.InteropServices.LayoutKind Enum     System.Net.Sockets.LingerOption     System.Runtime.InteropServices.MarshalAsAttribute     System.MemberAccessException     System.Reflection.MemberInfo     System.MethodAccessException     System.Reflection.MethodAttributes Enum     System.Reflection.MethodBase     System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImplAttribute     System.Runtime.CompilerServices.MethodImplOptions Enum     System.Reflection.MethodInfo     System.MissingFieldException     System.MissingMemberException     System.MissingMethodException     System.Reflection.Module     System.Net.Sockets.MulticastOption     System.Xml.NameTable     System.Collections.Specialized.NameValueCollection     System.Ne.NetworkAccess Enum     System.Net.NetworkCredential     System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream     System.Runtime.InteropServices.OutAttribute     System.ParamArrayAttribute     System.Reflection.ParameterAttributes Enum     System.Reflection.ParameterInfo     System.Reflection.ParameterModifier Structure     System.Reflection.PropertyAttributes Enum     System.Reflection.PropertyInfo     System.Net.Sockets.ProtocolType Enum     System.Net.ProtocolViolationException     System.Xml.ReadState Enum     System.Security.Permissions.ReflectionPermission     System.Security.Permissions.ReflectionPermissionAttribute     System.Security.Permissions.ReflectionPermissionFlag Enum     System.RuntimeFieldHandle Structure     System.Runtime.CompilerServices.RuntimeHelpers     System.RuntimeMethodHandle Structure     System.RuntimeTypeHandle Structure     System.Net.Sockets.SelectMode Enum     System.Net.ServicePoint     System.Net.ServicePointManager     System.Net.Sockets.Socket     System.Net.SocketAddress     System.Net.Sockets.SocketException     System.Net.Sockets.SocketFlags Enum     System.Net.Sockets.SocketOptionLevel Enum     System.Net.Sockets.SocketOptionName Enum     System.Net.SocketPermission     System.Net.SocketPermissionAttribute     System.Net.Sockets.SocketShutdown Enum     System.Net.Sockets.SocketType Enum     System.Runtime.InteropServices.StructLayoutAttribute     System.Reflection.TargetException     System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException     System.Reflection.TargetParameterCountException     System.Net.TransportType Enum     System.Reflection.TypeAttributes Enum     System.TypeLoadException     System.TypeUnloadedException     System.UIntPtr Structure     System.UnhandledExceptionEventArgs     System.UnhandledExceptionEventHandler Delegate     System.Runtime.InteropServices.UnmanagedType Enum     System.Uri     System.UriBuilder     System.UriFormatException     System.UriHostNameType Enum     System.UriPartial Enum     System.Void Structure     System.Net.WebClient     System.Net.WebException     System.Net.WebExceptionStatus Enum     System.Net.WebHeaderCollection     System.Net.WebPermission     System.Net.WebPermissionAttribute     System.Net.WebProxy     System.Net.WebRequest     System.Net.WebResponse     System.Xml.WhitespaceHandling Enum     System.Xml.WriteState Enum     System.Xml.XmlConvert     System.Xml.XmlException     System.Xml.XmlNamespaceManager     System.Xml.XmlNameTable     System.Xml.XmlNodeType Enum     System.Xml.XmlParserContext     System.Xml.XmlReader     System.Xml.XmlResolver     System.Xml.XmlSpace Enum     System.Xml.XmlTextReader     System.Xml.XmlTextWriter     System.Xml.XmlUrlResolver     System.Xml.XmlWriter Annotations Index. Index.