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Supported and Unsupported Areas

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This section provides a list of features that are supported and not supported.

Note: This is not a complete list and anything not on this list is implied to be not supported. For more information, contact your customer support representative.

.Net Application Essentials

The following is a list of areas that are not supported:

  • Widows Store, Widows Forms, XAML, any display methods
  • Dynamic assemblies
  • Network I/O
  • SOAP Serialization
  • Write to console

Using .NET serialization classes are not supported for integration.

.Net Data and Modeling

The following list is arranged by features that are not supported, not supported for integration, and not supported Entity Framework restrictions (.NET areas).

Not Supported

  • WCF

Not Supported for Integration

  • Writing to a file or XML file

Not Supported Entity Framework (.NET areas) Restrictions

  • Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows forms
  • Common Client technologies
  • Windows Service applications
  • Parallel and asynchronous processing
  • Windows Communication Foundation
  • Windows Identity Foundation
  • Windows Workflow Foundation
  • Platforms other than Windows client or server

.Net Framework 4.5 and 4 Scope List

The following is a technology support list for the .NET Framework that is arranged by features that are supported, not supported, limited support, limited and legacy support, and partially supported.

Supported

  • 64-bit application development
  • Application domains
  • Assemblies
  • Collections
  • Common language runtime (CLR)

Not Supported

  • .NET for Windows Store applications
  • Accessibility
  • Add-ins
  • ASP.NET
  • Assembly binding redirection
  • Asynchronous programming
  • Code DOM

Limited Support

  • .NET Framework Class Library
  • Common type system

Limited and Legacy Support

  • Attributes

Partial Support

  • ADO.NET

Configuration

This section lists configurations that are arranged by features that are supported, not supported, limited support, partially supported, and implicit only.

Supported

  • Exceptions
  • Generics
  • Files and streams
  • Interoperability
  • Side-by-Side Execution in the .NET Framework

Not Supported

  • Configuring Applications
  • Data Service
  • Debugging, tracing, and profiling
  • Deploying applications
  • Designers and the design environment
  • Directory services
  • Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR)
  • GDI+
  • Compressing files
  • Image file handling
  • Working with Images, Bitmaps, Icons, and Metafiles
  • Images
  • Lazy initialization
  • Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)
  • Media and multimedia:
    • Graphics and Multimedia in Window Presentation Foundation
    • Graphics and Multimedia Portal
  • Memory-mapped files
  • Moving user interface elements
  • MSBuild
  • Network programming
  • Out-of-band (NuGet) releases
  • Parallel programming
  • Portable Class Library
  • Silverlight
  • Transaction processing
  • UI Automation
  • WCF Data Services
  • Windows Communication Foundation
  • Windows Forms
  • Windows Forms controls
  • Windows Identity Foundation
  • Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
  • Windows services
  • Windows Store applications
  • Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
  • Zip files and archives

Limited Support

  • Data access
  • Globalization and localization
  • I/O
  • LINQ (Language-Integrated Query)
  • Reflection
  • Security in the .NET Framework
  • Serialization
  • Threading
  • Windows Runtime
  • XML documents and data

Partial Support

  • Events

Implicit Only

  • Garbage Collection

Classes in .NET are passed by reference, and cannot be used for integration as a result. Structures are passed by value, and the results can be passed between Java and .NET.

Native types in the common type library are supported by default. Defined types must have a constructor if instance-based or declared as static if not.

Serialization of data between Java and .NET is possible, but direct serialization or synchronization of objects is not currently supported. The underlying APIs of Java and .NET do not support the level of object graph serialization required.

The Entity Framework uses a conceptual model to access an underlying data object. Because the model may have any type of design, some model types are not useful with the adapter. Some models are designed for update only, or access only by a data control object in a form. The ideal framework model for the adapter returns an object or contains an object query. Then object query can be serialized through a structure and array list for integration.

Common Language Runtime Scope

The adapter uses the .NET unmanaged COM API to instantiate the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR). The .NET CLR is not an emulated environment, but communication with the instance is governed by the adapter. There are several languages that can generate CLI code. The adapter has been extensively tested with C# and on a more limited basis with source from Visual Basic and F#. For adapter usage requirements with any other language, contact your customer support representative.

No explicit or implicit guarantee of compatibility or performance with user application components is given with the iWay .NET Technology Adapter. The scope of the framework is too wide and deep to do so. If you have specific questions about supported components of .NET or application compatibility, contact your contact your customer support representative.