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If I return a value inside a using block in a method, does the using dispose of the object before the return?

I have this code (simplyfied):

bool method1()
{
      using (OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(connString))
            {
                bool b = false;

                try
                {
                    con.Open();
                    b = true;

                }
                catch (Exception)
                {
                    b = false;
                }
                finally
                {
                    con.Close();
                    return b;
                }                
            }
}

I return before the closing curly bracket of the “using” statment. Does my object “con” gets Disposed anyway? Is is better to use the following code?:

bool method1()
{
      bool b = false;
      using (OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(connString))
            {
                try
                {
                    con.Open();
                    b = true;

                }
                catch (Exception)
                {
                    b = false;
                }
                finally
                {
                    con.Close();                    
                }                
            }

        return b;
}

Answer 1

using expands into somewhat more complex with additional if statement like

OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(connString)
try
{
    con.Open();
}
finally
{
    // Check for a null resource.
    if (con != null)
        // Call the object's Dispose method.
        ((IDisposable)con).Dispose();
}  

So in your example you might get NullReferenceException in finally block.

So if you want to return the status of operation and Dispose and object, I suggest to use this code snippet

using(OleDbConnection con = new OleDbConnection(connString))
{
    try
    {
        con.Open();
        return true;
    }catch(OleDbException ex)
    {
        //log error
        return false;
    }
}