The IDisposable Interface

using System;
public class MyClass : IDisposable
{
private string name;
public MyClass(string name) { this.name = name; }
override public string ToString() { return name; }

~MyClass()
{
Dispose();
Console.WriteLine(“~MyClass(): ” +name);
}

public void Dispose()
{
Console.WriteLine(“Dispose(): ” +name);
GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
}
}

public class DisposableApp
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine(“start of Main, heap used: {0}”, GC.GetTotalMemory(true));
DoSomething();
Console.WriteLine(“end of Main, heap used: {0}”, GC.GetTotalMemory(true));
}

public static void DoSomething()
{
MyClass[] ta = new MyClass[3];

for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) { ta[i] = new MyClass(String.Format("object #" +i)); Console.WriteLine("Allocated {0} objects, heap used: {1}", i+1, GC.GetTotalMemory(true)); } for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) { ta[i].Dispose(); ta[i] = null; GC.Collect(); GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers(); Console.WriteLine("Disposed {0} objects, heap used: {1}",i+1, GC.GetTotalMemory(true)); } } } [/csharp]