Should I set IsReusable to True in my HttpHandlers?

Question

I\'ve never fully understood this property of the IHttpHandler. It is a property that you have to set when you implement the interface. I\'ve assumed that setting it to true w

Answer 1

IsReusable keeps the handler in memory and able to handle multiple requests. When set to false, it has to create a new instance of the handler for each incoming request.

I had some issues with this property myself:

Streaming Databased Images Using HttpHandler