What is Destructor in C#?

Steilla Mitchel 907 15 Nov 2021

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Ashutosh Kumar Verma 16 Nov 2021

Destructor in C#:

A destructor is special type of method of a class and it is used in a class to destroy the object that are not longer used in program it also destroy the instance of class. In C#, destructor is invoke automatically whenever the class instance become unreachable.

Property of a Destructor:

There are following some property of a destructor in C# are as,]

1- A destructor can always used in a class.

2- A destructor is represented with tiled(~) operator.

3- A destructor will not any parameter and can not used any access modifier with destructor.

4- Destructor is automatically invoked by garbage collector when the class object are no longer used in the program.

Syntax –

Class Demo

{

~Demo()

{	// code of destructor 

}

}

Example-

using System;

namespace MindStick

{

    class Demo

    {

       public Demo()

       {

           Console.WriteLine('An Instance is Created');

       }

       // Destructor

       ~Demo()

       {

          Console.WriteLine('An Instance is destroyed');

       }

    }

    class SampleProgram

    {

       static void Main(string[] args)

       {

          Details();

          GC.Collect();

          Console.ReadLine();

       }

       public static void Details()

       {

          // Created instance of the class

          Demo user = new Demo();

       }

    }

}

Output:

An Instance is Created

An Instance is destroyed

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