what is the difference between finalize and finalizer in .net ?

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what is the difference between finalize and finalizer in .net ?
Is there any difference in finalize and finalizer?
What is finalizer?

Posted 10-Mar-15 21:35pm

Rahul Kumar

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-10T21:49:00

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The Finalize method[^] is used to allow you to "clean up" after yourself and release any resources your class instance has created.

A Finalizer[^] is just the generic term for such methods.

Posted 10-Mar-15 21:49pm

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Sinisa Hajnal · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-10T22:07:00

Finalizer is destructor of the class. Finalize is the method called by the garbage collector. I think I remember Finalize is implicitly called by the destructor, but I didn't check if I remember correctly right now :)

Similar, but not same is Dispose method that is used by objects implementing IDisposable. Good practice says you should call Dispose on the object implementing IDisposable. You should NEVER call Finalize directly (or destructor for that matter).

You can force garbage collection with GC.Collect(), but this can have performance issues and is not recommended. Call Dispose where needed and let GC do its magic.