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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.

Requirements

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

See Also

Reference

CorRuntimeHost Coclass

Other Resources

Hosting Interfaces