Self killing object in VB.NET?

[vinh79]

Hi all,

I have a scenario that I need to create a global object to pass as a
parameter to a thread(since you cannot pass parameters directly to
threads).

After I'm done with the thread, it exits, but how do I kill the global
object that I have just created, as it is eating away memory.

Thanks all!
vber

 

[Guest]

After I'm done with the thread, it exits, but how do I kill the global

object that I have just created, as it is eating away memory.

The garbage collector will free the object from memory some time after you
no longer hold any references to it. In the garbage collected world of .NET
you don't explicitly "kill" objects.


Mattias

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I have a scenario that I need to create a global object to pass as a
parameter to a thread(since you cannot pass parameters directly to
threads).

After I'm done with the thread, it exits, but how do I kill the global
object that I have just created, as it is eating away memory.

Remove references to the object. Then the GC will destroy it after some
time. If the object uses unmanaged resources, for example, you could
implement the 'IDisposable' interface (see documentation).