IDisposable Question

Question

Say I have the following:

public abstract class ControlLimitBase : IDisposable 
{
}

public abstract class UpperAlarmLimit : ControlLimitBase 
{
}

public cl         


        

Answer 1

Dispose() is never called automatically - it depends on how the code is actually used.

1.) Dispose() is called when you specifically call Dispose():

myAlarm.Dispose();

2.) Dispose() is called at the end of a using block using an instance of your type.

using(var myAlarm = new CdsUpperAlarmLimit())
{

}

The using block is syntactic sugar for a try/finally block with a call to Dispose() on the object "being used" in the finally block.