CSLA是Component-based, Scalable, Logical Architecture的简写，CSLA . NET是Rockford Lhotka基于.Net设计的一套N-tier分布式框架。
CSLA .NET包含如下功能：
l n-Level undo capability
译：n层撤销功能
l Tracking broken business rules to determine whether an object is valid
译：跟踪违反业务规则以确定某个对象是否有效
l Tracking whether an object's data has changed (is it "dirty"?)
译：跟踪某个对象的数据是否发生了改变（是否“变脏”？）
l Support for strongly-typed collections of child objects
译：支持对于子对象的基于强类型的集合
l A simple and abstract model for the UI developer
译：针对UI开发人员的一种简单抽象模型
l Full support for databinding in both Windows Forms and Web Forms
译：对于Windows Forms和Web Forms中数据绑定的支持
l Saving objects to a database and getting them back again
译：将对象保存到数据库中并将它重新取回
l Table-driven security
译：表驱动的安全机制
l Other miscellaneous features
译：其他各种特性
CSLA .NET的关键技术：
l Remoting
l 串行化
l Enterprise Services(COM+)
l 反射
l 属性
l .NET基于角色的安全性
l ADO.NET
CSLA .NET组件设计图及其依赖关系：
http://www.cnblogs.com/images/cnblogs_com/pcjim/ComponentDesign.jpg
学习参考资料：
1. Source code of CSLA .NET Download (VB.NET & C# versions):
http://www.lhotka.net/Articles.aspx?id=bd7a0904-e76d-48c3-a3ab-a8e9d9645c91
还包含有CSLA .NET类库文档。
ProjectTracker Sample Application:
Instructions for setting up the ProjectTracker sample application
Download version 1.2 of the VB ProjectTracker code
Download version 1.2 of the C# ProjectTracker code
2. CSLA .NET MSN Group
http://groups.msn.com/CSLANET/messages.msnw
3. Rockford Lhotka’s homepage
http://www.lhotka.net/Default.aspx