Do not use "using" for WCF Clients

Omar Al Zabir

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17 May 2011CPOL1 min read

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Traditional using() block disposes WCF clients incorrectly when there's a communication exception, eg dropping network connection. It raises exception during the dispose and thus the resources held by the WCF client aren't released properly. After some time, you end up with memory leaks.

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Omar Al Zabir

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Do not use "using" for WCF Clients

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