GCCollectionMode Enum

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System

Assembly:: System.Runtime.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

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Specifies the behavior for a forced garbage collection.

public enum class GCCollectionMode

public enum GCCollectionMode

[System.Serializable]
public enum GCCollectionMode

type GCCollectionMode =

[<System.Serializable>]
type GCCollectionMode =

Public Enum GCCollectionMode

Inheritance: Object

ValueType

Enum
GCCollectionMode

Attributes: SerializableAttribute

Fields

Name	Value	Description
Default	0	The default setting for this enumeration, which is currently Forced.
Forced	1	Forces the garbage collection to occur immediately.
Optimized	2	Allows the garbage collector to determine whether the current time is optimal to reclaim objects.
Aggressive	3	Requests that the garbage collector decommit as much memory as possible.

Examples

The following example forces a garbage collection for generation 2 objects with the Optimized setting.

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        GC.Collect(2, GCCollectionMode.Optimized);
    }
}

open System

GC.Collect(2, GCCollectionMode.Optimized)

Class Program

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        GC.Collect(2, GCCollectionMode.Optimized)
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Use the GC.Collect method overload to specify the GCCollectionMode value.

Applies to

Jaa