about Garbage collection

Question

How do we do Garbage collection manually in our code

Vijaya Kadiyala · Answer

HI Sample code using System; namespace GCCollect { class Account { public Account( string accountNumber) { this .accountNumber = accountNumber; Console.WriteLine(Account::Acount - c'tor); } ~Account() { Console.WriteLine(Account::~Acount - d'tor); } protected string accountNumber; override public string ToString() { return accountNumber; } }; class Class1 { [STAThread] static void Main( string [] args) { CreateAccount(111006116); GC.Collect(); GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers(); Console.WriteLine(Application ending); } public static void CreateAccount( string accountNumber) { Console.WriteLine(CreateAccount - instantiate Account object); Account account = new Account(accountNumber); Console.WriteLine(CreateAccount - created account number {0} account); } } } Check out the below link http://www.developer.com/net/csharp/article.php/3343191 Thanks -- Vj http://dotnetvj.blogspot.com

Bechir Bejaoui · Answer

You can also destroy objects using Dispose method if it is mamnged code and your object implement the IDisposable interface or Finalize method to destroy objects in an unmanaged context

Niradhip Chakraborty · Answer

You can call GC.Collect() to force a general garbage collection. Check out the following URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.gc(VS.85).aspx