what is cls in c#

 what is cls in c#

CTS and CLS are parts of .NET CLR and are responsible for type safety within the code. Both allow cross-language communication and type safety. In this article, I would like to expose the relationship between these two.

CLS

CLS stands for Common Language Specification and it is a subset of CTS. It defines a set of rules and restrictions that every language must follow which runs under the .NET framework. The languages which follow these set of rules are said to be CLS Compliant. In simple words, CLS enables cross-language integration or Interoperability.

NET has specified those commonalities in something called the Common Language Specification (CLS). CLS defines a set of features that are needed by many common applications.

What is CLS in C# with example?

CLS defines the base rules necessary for any language targeting common language infrastructure to interoperate with other CLS-compliant languages. For example, a method with parameter of "unsigned int" type in an object written in C# is not CLS-compliant, just as some languages, like VB.NET, do not support that type.