The topic you requested is included in another documentation set. For convenience, it's displayed below. Choose Switch to see the topic in its original location.
SafeWaitHandle Class
Silverlight
This type can be used only by trusted applications. If you try to use its members in a partial-trust application, your code will throw a MethodAccessException exception. This type is security-critical, which restricts its use.
Namespace:
Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Top
Top
[SECURITY CRITICAL]
Represents a wrapper class for a wait handle.
System.Object
System.Runtime.ConstrainedExecution.CriticalFinalizerObject
System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeHandle
Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid
Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeWaitHandle
System.Runtime.ConstrainedExecution.CriticalFinalizerObject
System.Runtime.InteropServices.SafeHandle
Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid
Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeWaitHandle
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The SafeWaitHandle type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ![]() | IsClosed | Gets a value indicating whether the handle is closed. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | IsInvalid | Gets a value that indicates whether the handle is invalid. (Inherited from SafeHandleZeroOrMinusOneIsInvalid.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ![]() | Close | Security Critical. Marks the handle for releasing and freeing resources. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | DangerousAddRef | Security Critical. Manually increments the reference counter on SafeHandle instances. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | DangerousGetHandle | Returns the value of the handle field. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | DangerousRelease | Security Critical. Manually decrements the reference counter on a SafeHandle instance. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Dispose() | Releases all resources used by the SafeHandle class. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Dispose(Boolean) | Security Critical. Releases the unmanaged resources used by the SafeHandle class specifying whether to perform a normal dispose operation. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | Finalize | Frees all resources associated with the handle. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ReleaseHandle | When overridden in a derived class, executes the code required to free the handle. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | SetHandle | Sets the handle to the specified pre-existing handle. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | SetHandleAsInvalid | Security Critical. Marks a handle as no longer used. (Inherited from SafeHandle.) |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.
Community Additions
Show:





