Dispose and Finalize - When to use

[Guest]

I have two questions;

1)When should one use Dispose on objects

2)Is the Finalize Overrides sub needed in classes and if so, when and why?

Thanks for any clarification on these two items.

 

[Imran Koradia]

Some guidelines on using dispose and finalize:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d.../en-us/cpgenref/html/cpconfinalizedispose.asp

A couple of blog posts on Dispose:
http://blogs.msdn.com/clyon/archive/2004/09/21/232445.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/clyon/archive/2004/09/23/233464.aspx

Articles on how GC handles objects with a finalized method (and more on GC):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/1100/GCI/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/1200/GCI2/default.aspx


hope that helps..
Imran.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. I"ll read the links and see what I can understand.

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Dennis,

The most simple answers,

1)When should one use Dispose on objects

When it is written that you should

2)Is the Finalize Overrides sub needed in classes and if so, when and why?

The same answer as above, otherwise never.

I hope this helps?

Cor