Question

I am developing C# application with limited memory. I initialize a large number of objects like the ones below which have several properties which takes up around 20MB. How can I reduce the amount of memory used by my application.

public class BusStop
{
    private List<BusRoute> busRoutes = new List<BusRoute>();
    private string name;
    // ... Other properties omitted like Code, ID, Location, etc.

    public BusStop(string name)
    {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public List<BusStop> BusRoutes
    {
        get { return this.busRoutes; }
    }

    public string Name
    {
        get { return this.name; }
    }
}

public class BusRoute
{
    private List<BusStop> busStops = new List<BusStop>();
    private string name;
    // ... Other properties omitted like Code, ID, Location, etc.

    public BusStop(string name)
    {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public List<BusStop> BusStops
    {
        get { return this.busStops; }
    }

    public string Name
    {
        get { return this.name; }
    }
}

Answer 1

Simple point – do not load them into memory. Wasteful and totally uinneeded. hey, when I order a supertanker full of oil to replace the oil in my car most of it is waste, what can i do – well, order only as much oil as you need, not a supertanker full.

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