What are ways to solve Memory Leaks in C#

Question

I\'m learning C#. From what I know, you have to set things up correctly to have the garbage collector actually delete everything as it should be. I\'m looking for wisdom learn

Answer 1

One other thing to consider for memory management is if you are implementing any Observer patterns and not disposing of the references correctly.

For instance: Object A watches Object B Object B is disposed if the reference from A to B is not disposed of property the GC will not properyly dispose of the object. Becuase the event handler is still assigned the GC doesn't see it as a non utilized resource.

If you have a small set of objects you're working with this may me irrelevant. However, if your working with thousands of objects this can cause a gradual increase in memory over the life of the application.

There are some great memory management software applications to monitor what's going on with the heap of your application. I found great benefit from utilizing .Net Memory Profiler.

HTH