Class GC

Provides a set of methods and properties to control GC (garbage collection), a service that automatically reclaims unused computer 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: nanoFramework.Runtime.Native

Assembly: nanoFramework.Runtime.Native.dll

Syntax

public static class GC

Methods

EnableGCMessages(Boolean)

Specifies whether GC (garbage collection) messages are enabled.

Declaration

public static extern void EnableGCMessages(bool enable)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Boolean	enable	true to enable output of messages; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Despite this method enabling the GC messages there is the possibility of those never being outputted depending on the target build options. RTM builds (which remove all non essential features) are one of those situations.

Run(Boolean)

Runs GC (garbage collection), a service that automatically reclaims unused computer memory.

Declaration

public static extern uint Run(bool compactHeap)

Parameters

Type	Name	Description
Boolean	compactHeap	true to force heap compaction; otherwise, false.

Returns

Type	Description
UInt32	The amount of free (unused) memory, in bytes.