ICLRGCManager::Collect Method
Forces a garbage collection for the specified generation.
HRESULT Collect (
[in] LONG Generation
);
Parameters
- Generation
[in] The generation to collect. A value of -1 forces a collection of all generations.
Return Value
HRESULT |
Description |
|---|---|
S_OK |
Collect returned successfully. |
HOST_E_CLRNOTAVAILABLE |
The common language runtime (CLR) has not been loaded into a process, or the CLR is in a state in which it cannot run managed code or process the call successfully. |
HOST_E_TIMEOUT |
The call timed out. |
HOST_E_NOT_OWNER |
The caller does not own the lock. |
HOST_E_ABANDONED |
An event was canceled while a blocked thread or fiber was waiting on it. |
E_FAIL |
An unknown catastrophic failure occurred. After a method returns E_FAIL, the CLR is no longer usable within the process. Subsequent calls to hosting methods return HOST_E_CLRNOTAVAILABLE. |
Remarks
The Collect method forces the CLR's garbage collector to perform a collection regardless of its current state.
Requirements
Platforms: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 family
Header: MSCorEE.idl
Library: Included as a resource in MSCorEE.dll
.NET Framework Version: 2.0