Object Deletion

[gauthee]

Hi, I have created an object for a class i have written. How to delete this object? I dont want to wait for the garbage collector to run its algorithm neither call the GC explicitly.

Gautham

[Guffa]

Why do you want the object deleted? If you are using some unmanaged resources that you need to release, implement the IDisposable interface.

--- single minded; short sighted; long gone;

[Tamimi Code]

search google for destructor

When you get mad...THINK twice that the only advice Tamimi - Code

[Colin Angus Mackay]

But the destructor (or Finalizer as it is also called) won't run until the garbage collector does. And then when a destructor is in place it slows garbage collection down because it has additional code to run.

---

Upcoming events: * Glasgow: Mock Objects, SQL Server CLR Integration, Reporting Services, db4o, Dependency Injection with Spring ... * Reading: Developer Day 5 Ready to Give up - Your help will be much appreciated. My website

[Colin Angus Mackay]

To re-emphasise what Guffa said. If you have unmanaged resources, or otherwise use objects that also implement IDisposable then you should implement IDisposable to free up or dispose of those resources. If those conditions are not met then let the garbage collector do its job - it is better at it than anyone else.

---

Upcoming events: * Glasgow: Mock Objects, SQL Server CLR Integration, Reporting Services, db4o, Dependency Injection with Spring ... * Reading: Developer Day 5 Ready to Give up - Your help will be much appreciated. My website

[Tamimi Code]

thank you for the explanation :)

When you get mad...THINK twice that the only advice Tamimi - Code

[gauthee]

The reason for this explicit object release is in our application in we are creating n number of objects for a specific operation after that operation is finished we no longer require thise objects We thought that the performance would be better if we explicitly release objects than waiting for the GC to do at later stages! So the answer is ti implement IDisposable! thank you!

Gautham

[Colin Angus Mackay]

gauthee wrote:

So the answer is ti implement IDisposable!

Depends. Do you have objects that already implement IDisposable to dispose of in the object, or do you manage any unmanaged resources in the object? If the answer is no to either then IDisposable won't do anything for you. Remember, the Garbage Collector knows more about the system state and when it would be an opportune moment to garbage collect things than you do because it can constantly fine tune itself.

---

Upcoming events: * Glasgow: Mock Objects, SQL Server CLR Integration, Reporting Services, db4o, Dependency Injection with Spring ... * Reading: Developer Day 5 Ready to Give up - Your help will be much appreciated. My website

[NassosReyzidis]

Hi there, You can use the CarbageCollection static class of the framework. System.GC.Collect(); See msdn for more info http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.gc.aspx[^]

GanDad

[Scott Dorman]

This is almost always a bad idea as it ultimately ends up slowing down your application.

----------------------------- In just two days, tomorrow will be yesterday.

[NassosReyzidis]

Scott Dorman wrote:

This is almost always a bad idea as it ultimately ends up slowing down your application.

I Totaly agree with you there, but since he needs (for some reason) to force the GarbageCollector to collect, this is the way.;)

GanDad