Properly Implementing the Dispose Pattern

Dispose.cs

using System;

/// <summary>
/// An example Dispose pattern.
/// <para>The Dispose pattern is a design pattern, whose 
/// purpose is to handle resource cleanup in runtime 
/// environments that use automatic garbage collection.</para>
/// </summary>
public class YourClass : IDisposable
{
    #region Disposable Member(s)

    private bool Disposed { get; set; }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        Dispose(true);
        GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
    }

    protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
    {
        if (!Disposed)
        {
            if (disposing)
            {
                // Free other state (managed objects).
            }
            // Free your own state (unmanaged objects).
            // Set large fields to null.
            Disposed = true;
        }
    }

    ~YourClass()
    {
        Dispose(false);
    }

    #endregion Disposable Member(s)
}