ASP.NET MVC Razor, Html.BeginForm, using statement

Question

For an ASP.NET MVC application, can someone explain to me why calls to Html.BeginForm begin with the statement @using?

Example -

Answer 1

Using Statement provides a convenient syntax that ensures the correct use of IDisposableobjects. Since the BeginForm helper implements the IDisposable interface you can use the using keyword with it. In that case, the method renders the closing tag at the end of the statement. You can also use the BeginForm without using block, but then you need to mark the end of the form:

@{ Html.BeginForm(); }
    //Stuff in the form
@{ Html.EndForm(); }