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Task.Dispose Method

Releases all resources used by the current instance of the Task class.

Namespace:  System.Threading.Tasks
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public void Dispose()

Implements

IDisposable.Dispose()
Exception Condition
InvalidOperationException

The exception that is thrown if the Task is not in one of the final states: RanToCompletion, Faulted, or Canceled.

Call Dispose when you are finished using the Task. The Dispose method leaves the Task in an unusable state. After calling Dispose, you must release all references to the Task so the garbage collector can reclaim the memory that the Task was occupying.

For more information, see Cleaning Up Unmanaged Resources and Implementing a Dispose Method.

Note Note

Always call Dispose before you release your last reference to the Task. Otherwise, the resources it is using will not be freed until the garbage collector calls the Task object's Finalize method.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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