CA2221: Finalizers should be protected

Item	Value
RuleId	CA2221
Category	Microsoft.Usage
Breaking change	Non-breaking

Cause

A public type implements a finalizer that does not specify family (protected) access.

Note

This rule has been deprecated. For more information, see Deprecated rules.

Rule description

Finalizers must use the family access modifier. This rule is enforced by the C#, Visual Basic, and C++ compilers.

How to fix violations

To fix a violation of this rule, change the finalizer to be family-accessible.

When to suppress warnings

Do not suppress a warning from this rule.

Example

This rule cannot be violated in any high-level .NET language; it can be violated if you are writing Microsoft Intermediate Language.

// =============== CLASS MEMBERS DECLARATION ===================
//   note that class flags, 'extends' and 'implements' clauses
//          are provided here for information only

.namespace UsageLibrary
{
  .class public auto ansi beforefieldinit FinalizeMethodNotProtected
         extends [mscorlib]System.Object
  {
    .method public hidebysig instance void
            Finalize() cil managed
    {

      // Code size       1 (0x1)
      .maxstack  0
      IL_0000:  ret
    } // end of method FinalizeMethodNotProtected::Finalize

    .method public hidebysig specialname rtspecialname
            instance void  .ctor() cil managed
    {
      // Code size       7 (0x7)
      .maxstack  1
      IL_0000:  ldarg.0
      IL_0001:  call       instance void [mscorlib]System.Object::.ctor()
      IL_0006:  ret
    } // end of method FinalizeMethodNotProtected::.ctor

  } // end of class FinalizeMethodNotProtected
} // end of namespace

See also

• Dispose Pattern