Question

HOW do i know when i need to dispose of something? Someone just mention i had several objects in my code that i need to dispose of. I had no idea i needed to dispose anything (this is my first week with C#). How do i know when i need to dispose an object? i was using http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.security.cryptography.hashalgorithm.aspx and i do not see any mention of dispose on the page or seen it mention in any other objs i was told i to dispose (by someone on SO).

I know i need to when something inherits IDisposable but HOW do i KNOW when it does inherit it?

Answer 1

You should dispose anything that implements IDisposable. Just wrap it on an using:

   using(var some = new Something())    {     //use normally    }