In C# how to override the Finalize() method?

Question

Following function giving compilation error \"Do not override object.Finalize. Instead, provide a destructor.\"

protected override void Finalize()
{                  


        

Answer 1

You don't.

Listen to the compiler. You shouldn't override Finalize. Instead, you should implement IDisposible and override Dispose.

Unless you explicitly need to free resources held directly by the object, you should be able to do everything you need to in the Dispose method.

But if you must:

public class MyClass
{
    public MyClass() { ... } // Constructor
    public ~MyClass() { ... } // Destructor/Finalizer
}

Just be careful because Finalizers are tricky and if implemented improperly can carry some pretty hefty performance overhead.