House Of Com

This is a classic article on MicroSoft ComponentObjectModel, by DonBox who is now onto MicrosoftIndigo stuff, I think.

• It can be found here:
  • http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0399/com/com0399.aspx

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Summary

• by default, COM objects marshal by reference. That is, when passing object references as method parameters, Co-Marshal Interface creates a stub to allow MethodCalls to be dispatched to the object from foreign apartments. Clients wind up with COM-provided proxies that send the stub request messages that trigger RemoteMethodInvocations.

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CategoryComponentObjectModel