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Possible Duplicate: Do event handlers stop garbage collection from occuring? I had one wp7 application like this: private void button1_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) { ...

It's important to mention that the question is about an owned object which its lifecycle will be controlled by the container it is declared in. For an external object which has been assigned from ...

What I'm wanting to do is create a file watcher that is monitoring for any changes in my services config file. When it detects any changes, the service should restart automatically so the changes can ...

I have a social network, where I can place comments on posts. I havce implemented this using a ReactionController that handles API calls for a post that has an event that indicates that the API call ...

Unless I've fundamentally misunderstood the way events and garbage collection work in C#, if an object has subscribed to an event, the event can still be raised on that object, and the event handler ...

If the only thing that ClassA does is to subscribe to events from ClassB -which is a long living class- like this static void Main() { new A(B); } class ClassA { public ClassA(ClassB b) { ...

I found on this link ObservableCollection not noticing when Item in it changes (even with INotifyPropertyChanged) some techniques to notify a Observablecollection that an item has changed. the ...

For some reason, my FileSystemWatcher is not firing any events whatsoever. I want to know any time a new file is created, deleted or renamed in my directory. _myFolderPath is being set correctly, I ...

What is the best practice for when to implement IDisposable? Is the best rule of thumb to implement it if you have one managed object in the class, or does it depend if the object was created in the ...

Is it a good practice to implement event handling through WeakReference if that event is the only thing holding the reference and that we would need the object to be garbage collected? As an ...

Since C# uses Garbage Collection. When is it necessary to use .Dispose to free the memory? I realize there are a few situations so I'll try to list the ones I can think of. If I close a Form that ...

I have the following code (cut down for readability): Main Class: public StartProcess() { Thinker th = new Thinker(); th.DoneThinking += new Thinker.ProcessingFinished(ThinkerFinished); ...

I read the excellent answer explaining how to use the Dispose pattern, and also why it works that way. Proper use of the IDisposable interface The post clearly states that you would want to use the ...

I have a class which has a static List<T> field inside which I hold all my objects; each object represents a process that is running and its properties. After the process finishes its job, the ...

I'm using a FileSystemWatcher (in an ASP.NET web app) to monitor a file for changes. The watcher is set up in the constructor of a Singleton class, e.g: private SingletonConstructor() { var ...