static destructor?

Question

I have an abstract class comprised solely of static methods and data members. I have implemented a static constructor to init the object upon the first call or use of any of its static members. There is one operation I need to perform upon destruction of the purely static object and nothing I've done seems to work. Implementing IDispose or writing a destructor don't work since there is never an instance of the object. I haven't found a static destructor either. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to execute code on the destruction of a purely static object? Is there such a thing as a static destructor?

Administrator · Answer

In case anyone is interested I found the answer to my question on another board: Have your class implementing a method that must be called at destruction. Name it as you want Clear() Dispose() etc. For a console application do the following: public static void Main() { AppDomain domain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain; domain.ProcessExit += new System.EventHandler( process_exit ); ... } private static void process_exit( object sender System.EventArgs e ) { MyClass.Clear(); } The same idea applies to a windows forms application.