SafeHandle Methods

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This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

The SafeHandle type exposes the following members.

Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Close Security Critical. Marks the handle for releasing and freeing resources.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 DangerousAddRef Security Critical. Manually increments the reference counter on SafeHandle instances.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 DangerousGetHandle Returns the value of the handle field.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 DangerousRelease Security Critical. Manually decrements the reference counter on a SafeHandle instance.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Dispose() Releases all resources used by the SafeHandle class.
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Dispose(Boolean) Security Critical. Releases the unmanaged resources used by the SafeHandle class specifying whether to perform a normal dispose operation.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Finalize Frees all resources associated with the handle. (Overrides CriticalFinalizerObject.Finalize().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ReleaseHandle When overridden in a derived class, executes the code required to free the handle.
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 SetHandle Sets the handle to the specified pre-existing handle.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 SetHandleAsInvalid Security Critical. Marks a handle as no longer used.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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