Dispose and Finalize

[Boni]

Dear all,
can somebody explain difference between Dispose and Finalize and when each
of them should be used?
Thank you very much,
Boni

 

[=?Windows-1252?Q?Jos=E9_Manuel_Ag=FCero?=]

Hello Boni,

You have five articles in MSDN beginning with this:
Finalize Methods and Destructors:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?...confinalizemethodscdestructors.asp?frame=true


In resume, it says:
Your class should have a Finalize method if it holds unmanaged resources.
Your class should implement IDisposable if it has a Finalize method or if it holds objects that hold unmanaged or expensive resources themselves.

The recommended general aspect of these methods is the following:

Implements IDisposable

'Leave this method as is:
Public Overloads Sub Dispose()Implements IDisposable.Dispose
Dispose(true)
GC.SuppressFinalize(Me) 'Only if the Finalize method exists.
End Sub

'Modify conveniently this method:
Protected Overloads Overridable Sub Dispose(disposing As Boolean)
If (disposing) Then
' Dispose managed resources (like managed files, managed graphic objects, ...).
End If
' Release unmanaged resources (like Windows handles to files, to windows, ...).
End Sub


'Leave this method as is:
Protected Overrides Sub Finalize()
Dispose(false)
End Sub

You must take into account things like thread safety and multiple calls to Dispose, but in general that's all.

Regards.


"Boni" <oilia@nospam> escribió en el mensaje | Dear all,
| can somebody explain difference between Dispose and Finalize and when each
| of them should be used?
| Thank you very much,
| Boni

 

[Curtis]

Does anyone know if this applies to the MSHTML class usage in VB.net which I
believe is accessed a COM interface? If so what all needs to be finalized
and destroyed?

Thanks,
Curtis

"José Manuel Agüero" <jmaguero_vodafone.es> wrote in message
Hello Boni,

You have five articles in MSDN beginning with this:
Finalize Methods and Destructors:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?...confinalizemethodscdestructors.asp?frame=true

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

Curtis,

Does anyone know if this applies to the MSHTML class usage in VB.net which
I believe is accessed a COM interface? If so what all needs to be
finalized and destroyed?

Do you not mixing this up with the AxWebBrowser. Although I have put it as
well in a component. Than the complete Idisposable code is created for you.
The same as on a form. Open the designer created code for that.

I hope this helps,

Cor