Any sense to set obj = null(Nothing) in Dispose()?
Is there any sense to set custom object to null ( Nothing in VB.NET) in the Dispose() method? Could this prevent memory leaks or it's useless?!
Let's consider two examples:
public class Foo : IDisposable
{
private Bar bar; // standard custom .NET object
public Foo(Bar bar) {
this.bar = bar;
}
public void Dispose() {
bar = null; // any sense?
}
}
public class Foo : RichTextBox
{
// this could be also: GDI+, TCP socket, SQl Connection, other "heavy" object
private Bitmap backImage;
public Foo(Bitmap backImage) {
this.backImage = backImage;
}
protected override void Dispose(bool disposing) {
if (disposing) {
backImage = null; // any sense?
}
}
}
The purpose of Dispose() is to allow clean up of resources that are not handled by the garbage collector. Objects are taken care of by GC, so there's really no need to set the reference to null under normal circumstances.
The exception is if you expect the caller to call Dispose and hold on to the instance after that. In that case, it can be a good idea to set the internal reference to null. However, disposable instances are typically disposed and released at the same time. In these cases it will not make a big difference.
Personally I tend to; for two reasons:
Foo (perhaps from an event) any downstream objects (a Bitmap in this case) can still be collected (at some point in the future - whenever the GC feels like it); it is likely that this is just a shallow wrapper around an unmanaged resource, but every little helps. IDisposable is a handy "almost-kill" switch - why not detach everything available? ObjectDisposedException if it is null It's just about useless. Setting to NULL back in the old COM/VB days, I believe, would decrement your reference count.
That's not true with .NET. When you set bar to null, you aren't destroying or releasing anything. You're just changing the reference that bar points to, from your object to "null". Your object still exists (though now, since nothing refers to it, it will eventually be garbage collected). With few exceptions, and in most cases, this is the same thing that would have happened had you just not made Foo IDisposable in the first place.
The big purpose of IDisposable is to allow you to release unmanaged resources, like TCP sockets or SQL connections, or whatever. This is usually done by calling whatever cleanup function the unmanaged resource provides, not by setting the reference to "null".
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