Class GC

Controls the system garbage collector, a service that automatically reclaims unused memory.

Inheritance

Object

GC

Inherited Members

Object.ToString()

Object.Equals(Object)

Object.Equals(Object, Object)

Object.ReferenceEquals(Object, Object)

Object.GetHashCode()

Object.GetType()

Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: System

Assembly: mscorlib.dll

Syntax

public static class GC

Methods

ReRegisterForFinalize(Object)

Requests that the system call the finalizer for the specified object for which SuppressFinalize has previously been called.

Declaration

public static extern void ReRegisterForFinalize(object obj)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	obj	The object that a finalizer must be called for.

SuppressFinalize(Object)

Requests that the system not call the finalizer for the specified object.

Declaration

public static extern void SuppressFinalize(object obj)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Object	obj	The object that a finalizer must not be called for.

WaitForPendingFinalizers()

Suspends the current thread until the thread that is processing the queue of finalizers has emptied that queue.

Declaration

public static void WaitForPendingFinalizers()