IGCHost Interface

Provides methods for obtaining information about the garbage collection system and for controlling some aspects of garbage collection.

Note
This interface is for expert usage only. It can affect the performance of an application if used improperly.

Methods

Method	Description
IGCHost::Collect Method	Forces a collection to occur for the given generation, regardless of the state of the current garbage collection.
IGCHost::GetStats Method	Gets the statistics for the current state of the garbage collection system.
IGCHost::GetThreadStats Method	Gets the per-thread statistics for garbage collection.
IGCHost::SetGCStartupLimits Method	Sets the segment size and the maximum size for generation 0.
IGCHost::SetVirtualMemLimit Method	Sets the maximum size of the runtime's virtual memory.

Platforms: See .NET Framework System Requirements.

Header: GCHost.idl, GCHost.h

Library: Included as a resource in MSCorEE.dll

.NET Framework Versions: 4, 3.5 SP1, 3.5, 3.0 SP1, 3.0, 2.0 SP1, 2.0