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Dispose method and IDisposable

Hi.

When implementing a Dispose method for a class, is it enough to create a
method called Dispose, or is it mandatory to implement the IDisposable
interface on the class?

Thanks,

Erik Cruz
Jul 21 '05 #1
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Erik Cruz <er************@antares.com.br> wrote:
When implementing a Dispose method for a class, is it enough to create a
method called Dispose, or is it mandatory to implement the IDisposable
interface on the class?


It would be a very good idea to implement IDisposable:

o It makes it clear that instances of your class *should* be disposed
o It allows users of C# to use the "using" construct

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