Supported functions for C# programming

C# language functions

Types

All the integrated types are supported, except for decimal.

Type system

namespaces, structs, classes, interfaces, enumerations, nested types
indexers, properties, operations
events, delegates, MultiCastDelegates
arrays
constructors, static constructors, destructors (finalizers)
boxing, unboxing, static casts
nullable

Polymorphy

Virtual mechanism (virtual, overwrite, abstract)
Dynamic casts (as)

Modifiers and keywords

public, internal, protected, private
readonly, const, sealed, unsafe
params, ref, out
base, this
explicit, implicit, operator

Operators

new, sizeof, typeof, as, is
all unary operators
all binary operators
prefix, postfix and conditional operator
cast and index operator

Control structures and statements

if, else
switch, case, default (also on strings)
for, do, while, foreach, break, continue
goto, return
using, fixed
lock

Exceptions

throw
try, catch, finally

Please refer to Known Issues and Constraints section you find in the online help embedded in every C# project that is derived from one of the templates.
Here you find that information:Click to show where it is

In Visual Studio, open your C# project and expand the EclrFirmwareLibrary branch in the Solution Explorer in the upper right corner of the screen.

Base class libraries

Below you will find a list of the most important classes that have been implemented in the eCLR base class library, separated by namespaces.

A complete list of the implemented classes with additional information is available in Section “eCLR Base Class Libraries Reference” of the eCLR-Programming-Reference.chm online help embedded in every C# project derived from one of the templates (Click to show where it is).

System

All integrated types, as well as the following:

Char, Boolean, Int32, Single, etc., with the exception of decimal
All common exception types
Common interfaces such as:
IDisposable, IComparable, ICloneable, IFormatProvider, IFormattable
String, array, object, valuetype
Version, DateTime, TimeSpan, TimeZone
BitConverter, Convert
GC
Console
Uri, UriBuilder

System.Collections

IEnumerator, IEnumerable, ICollection, IList, IDictionary, IComparer
ArrayList, Hashtable, Queue
Comparer, DictionaryEntry

System.Collections.Generic

IEnumerator<T>, IEnumerable<T>, ICollection<T>, ICollection<T>, IList<T>,
IDictionary<TKey,TValue>, IComparer<T>
Dictionary<TKey,TValue>, List<T>, Queue<T>
Comparer<T>, KeyValuePair<TKey,TValue>

System.Globalization

Calendar, CalendarWeekRule
CultureInfo
Supported cultures: de-DE, en-US, en-GB, Invariant
Types that support the localized formatting/parsing: all number types, DateTime, TimeSpan
DateTimeFormatInfo, NumberFormatInfo, NumberStyles, DateTimeStyles

System.IO

Path, File
Stream, FileStream, MemoryStream
BinaryReader, BinaryWriter
TextReader, TextWriter, StreamReader, StreamWriter, StringReader, StringWriter

System.Security.Cryptography

CryptoConfig
HashAlgorithm, MD5, MD5CryptoServiceProvider

System.Text

StringBuilder
Encoding, ASCII Encoding, UTF8 Encoding, Unicode Encoding (big endian and little endian)

System.Threading

Thread, ThreadPool, ThreadStart, ThreadState
Monitor (lock)
WaitHandle, EventWaitHandle, AutoResetEvent, ManualResetEvent, WaitCallback
Timer, TimerCallback

System.Net

IPAdress, IPEndpoint, Endpoint, SocketAddress

System.Net.Sockets

NetworkStream
AddressFamily, ProtocolType
Socket, SocketType

eCLR runtime functions

Garbage collection

Memory management is performed by the eCLR. The garbage collector should explicitly only be called at a specific point in time (application of GC.Collect).

Implicit finalization

The finalizer of each applicable .NET class (implementing ~T()) is called when the garbage collector releases the instance. The garbage collector collect function is called automatically. The time of the implicit call cannot be predicted.

Implicit initialization

All the integrated types and value types (struct) are implicitly initialized with their default values. Reference type instances are implicitly initialized with the value “zero”.

Debug support

Defining breakpoints
Evaluation of instance values and local variables, as well as arguments from the current method
Providing call stack information

Known issues and constraints

Please refer to Known Issues and Constraints section of the online help that is embedded in every C# project derived from one of the templates.
Here you find the online help file:Click to show where to find the online help

In Visual Studio, open your C# project and expand the EclrFirmwareLibrary branch in the Solution Explorer in the upper right corner of the screen.