Dispose

Robert MacLean - http://www.sadev.co.za Implements the dispose pattern correctly for an object - you still need to add the IDisposable interface to the type defination. http://www.sadev.co.za C# Dispose Region Task Items dispose Expansion Dispose


				
        /// Internal variable which checks if Dispose has already been called
        /// 
        private Boolean disposed;

        /// 
        /// Releases unmanaged and - optionally - managed resources
        /// 
        /// true to release both managed and unmanaged resources; false to release only unmanaged resources.
        private void Dispose(Boolean disposing)
        {
            if (disposed)
            {
                return;
            }

            if (disposing)
            {
                //TODO: Managed cleanup code here, while managed refs still valid
            }
            //TODO: Unmanaged cleanup code here

            disposed = true;
        }

        /// 
        /// Performs application-defined tasks associated with freeing, releasing, or resetting unmanaged resources.
        /// 
        public void Dispose()
        {
            // Call the private Dispose(bool) helper and indicate 
            // that we are explicitly disposing
            this.Dispose(true);

            // Tell the garbage collector that the object doesn't require any
            // cleanup when collected since Dispose was called explicitly.
            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
        }

        #endregion
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