c# constructors and destructors???!!!??

trscookie · 06-14-2006, 09:48 AM

hello all i have two main classes one form class and one class that is going to act as fake host on a network.

the first class just uses glade to control some buttons and a text box on a form, and the second class at the moment does very little. the problem i have is this:

when i start the program i want the first class to create an instance of the other class like this:

host a = new host();

this works fine however, i cant destroy the object once i have created it without closing the application and restarting it this is the code to my second class:

Code:

using System;


namespace learning_bridge {
	
	
	public class host {
		
	// define variables 
			public string name = "";
			public int connected;
		
			private const int MAX_TTL = 120;
			private int TTL = 0;
			private Random rndConnected = new Random();
			
			private enum port { ONE, TWO }
	// end variable definitions
	
		
		public host( string newName ) {
			name = newName;
			connected = rndConnected.Next( 1, 6 );
		}
		
		
		public void Dispose() {
			
		}
	
	
	}

the first class creates this class file after the public class function using host a = new host(); it is important to leave this code here. i just need to know how to dispose of class files,

thanks trscookie.

graemef · 06-15-2006, 03:29 AM

Not being a C# programmer I could be horribly wrong but I believe that all you need to do to dispose of an object is to remove all references to that object, hence you would do something like a = null;

trscookie · 06-15-2006, 04:21 AM

yea your right cheers i need to declare it like:

hosts a = null;

then when i want to use it:

a = null;
a = hosts( "a", time );

this inits the class in the program then loads it when i call it using the second command. cheers trscookie.