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Design Patterns

.NET Framework 4

This topic provides guidelines for implementing common design patterns in class libraries.

For more information on design guidelines, see the "Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reusable .NET Libraries" book by Krzysztof Cwalina and Brad Abrams, published by Addison-Wesley, 2005.

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Implementing Finalize and Dispose to Clean Up Unmanaged Resources: Describes the recommended design pattern to implement in class libraries to clean up unmanaged resources using the Finalize and Dispose methods.
Timeout Usage: Describes the guidelines for using time-outs in base class libraries to specify the maximum time a caller is willing to wait for completion of a method call.

Related Sections

Asynchronous Programming Design Patterns: Describes asynchronous programming design guidelines.

Other Resources

Design Guidelines for Developing Class Libraries

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