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GCSettings Class

Specifies the garbage collection settings for the current process.

System.Object
  System.Runtime.GCSettings

Namespace:  System.Runtime
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public static class GCSettings

The GCSettings type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public propertyStatic memberSupported by Portable Class LibrarySupported in .NET for Windows Store appsIsServerGCGets a value that indicates whether server garbage collection is enabled.
Public propertyStatic memberLargeObjectHeapCompactionMode [This topic is preliminary and is subject to change.]
Gets or sets a value that indicates whether a full blocking garbage collection compacts the large object heap (LOH).
Public propertyStatic memberSupported by Portable Class LibrarySupported in .NET for Windows Store appsLatencyModeGets or sets the current latency mode for garbage collection.
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Use the IsServerGC property to determine whether server garbage collection is enabled for the current process.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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