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[.net] Instance delegates set to more persistent multicast delegate objects

Started by DrGUI Dec 19, 2004 at 4:18 PM 1 replies 550+ views

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Dec 19, 2004 at 4:18 PM

For example, if class foo signed up an instance method to an event of class bar, then all references of the instance of foo were released and it was garbage collected, what would happen to the event? Would garbage collection remove it from bar's multicast delegate (event)? Or does one need to remove delegates first? Thanks

Arild Fines

Dec 19, 2004 at 4:47 PM

No instance of foo would be garbage collected as long as there remained a delegate pointing to one of its methods.

DrGUI

Dec 19, 2004 at 4:51 PM

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Original post by Arild Fines
No instance of foo would be garbage collected as long as there remained a delegate pointing to one of its methods.

Thanks.

I guess I need to now keep the event handler delegates so I can remove them when the class is disposed or finalized (I have to use the dispose pattern now?) and that 'event -= new ...EventHandler(MyMethod)' would not work.
Correct?

Thanks for your quick reply

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