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Listing 4-14 extracted from chapter The CLR (Common Languages Runtime)


Listing 4-13<     > Listing 4-15


This listing can be compiled with the command line:
csc.exe /target:exe Example_4_14.cs
Errors: 0 Warnings: 0


Example_4_14.cs
class Program {
   public static void Main() {
      // 'obj' is a strong reference on the object 
      // created by this line.
      object obj = new object(); 

      // 'wobj' is a weak reference on our object.
      System.WeakReference wobj = new System.WeakReference(obj);

      obj = null; // Discard the strong reference 'obj'.
      // ...
      // Here, our object might potentially be deallocated by the GC.
      // ...
      // Build a strong reference from the weak reference.
      obj = wobj.Target; 
      if (obj == null) {
         // If the thread pass here, it means that the object 
         // has been deallocated by the GC!
      } 
      else {
         // If the thread pass here, it means that the object 
         // hasn't been deallocated by the GC. We can thus use it.
      }
   }
}	
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