Dispose() and Finalize() methods

Question

Specify the differences between the Dispose() and Finalize() methods.

Answer 1

CLR utilizes the Finalize and Dispose methods to execute garbage collection of run-time objects of .NET applications.

The Finalize () method is called automatically by runtime. CLR has garbage collector (GC), that periodically checks for objects in the heap which are no longer referenced by any of the object or program. It calls the Finalize method in order to free the memory utilized by these type of objects.

The Dispose () method is called manually by the programmer. Dispose is other method to evacuate the memory used by the object. The Dispose method required to be called explicitly in the code to dereference an object within the heap. The Dispose method can be invoked by the classes that implements the IDisposable interface.