Environment.HasShutdownStarted Property

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared ReadOnly Property HasShutdownStarted As Boolean

public static bool HasShutdownStarted { get; }

Remarks

The finalization method for an object provides you an opportunity to perform any necessary cleanup operations before the object is garbage collected. After finalization, the object is accessible but in an invalid state and therefore unusable. Eventually, garbage collection completes and reclaims the object.

An object's finalization method is called in one of the following situations: during garbage collection, when the application domain that contains the object is unloaded, or when the common language runtime is shutting down.

While executing in your finalization method, you might want to access another object that is referenced by a static field and has a finalization method. However, you cannot reliably do so because the accessed object might already have been finalized.

Use this method in an object's finalization method to determine whether the common language runtime is shutting down or the application domain is unloading. If that is the case, you cannot reliably access any object that has a finalization method and is referenced by a static field.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

See Also

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