release resource for WebClient class

George George

Hello everyone,

I find there is no resource release method for WebClient class, e.g. a method called "Close".

My usage scenario is,

1. Creating a new instance of WebClient;
2. Post byte[] data using UploadData method, and retrieve return data also using byte[].

In my scenario, are there any need to call some methods to release the resource (I suepect there is request stream handle and response stream handle to release)?

thanks in advance,
George

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Ryan Alford18y ago
where exactly do you get your "information" from? I have seen you post here and on another forum on questions like this. You read and read, yet you never really write code. You could have SIMPLY found the answer to your question by firing up Visual Studio, creating a console application, creating and instance of the WebClient object, and then cycle through all it's methods and properties. That's exactly what I did and it took me less than 2 minutes to figure out that it had a Dispose method instead of a Close method(some objects have both, some objects have one, some objects have neither). I know for a fact that you are not looking at the MSDN...or you just don't understand how to search it. I would suggest that you just sit down and actually start writing code. You can only learn so much about programming from reading a book or articles online. There comes a time when the best thing to do is to actually write code, breakpoint through it, and see what is happening.
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George George18y ago
Thanks Ryan,

Question answered.

regards,

George
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Ryan Alford18y ago
there is a Dispose method for the WebClient class
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