GCCollectionMode Enum

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Specifies the behavior for a forced garbage collection.

public enum class GCCollectionMode

public enum GCCollectionMode

type GCCollectionMode = 

Public Enum GCCollectionMode

Inheritance

Object

ValueType

Enum

GCCollectionMode

Fields

Name	Value	Description
Default	0	The default setting for this enumeration, which is currently Forced.
Forced	1	Forces the garbage collection to occur immediately.
Optimized	2	Allows the garbage collector to determine whether the current time is optimal to reclaim objects.
Aggressive	3	Requests that the garbage collector decommit as much memory as possible.

Examples

The following example forces a garbage collection for generation 2 objects with the Optimized setting.

using System;

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        GC.Collect(2, GCCollectionMode.Optimized);
    }
}

open System

GC.Collect(2, GCCollectionMode.Optimized)

Class Program

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        GC.Collect(2, GCCollectionMode.Optimized)
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

Use the GC.Collect method overload to specify the GCCollectionMode value.

See also

• Induced Collections