Code Snippets for the Dispose Pattern

bdisp.xml

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  <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
    <Header>
      <Title>Base class disposable implementation.</Title>
      <Shortcut>bdisp</Shortcut>
      <Description>
        Code snippet to create a scheleton implementation
        of the IDisposable pattern for a base class.
      </Description>
      <Author>Stefano Ricciardi</Author>
      <SnippetTypes>
        <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
      </SnippetTypes>
    </Header>
    <Snippet>
      <Declarations>
        <Literal>
          <ID>ClassName</ID>
          <ToolTip>Name of the class.</ToolTip>
          <Default>ClassName</Default>
        </Literal>
      </Declarations>
      <Code Language="csharp">
        <![CDATA[
    public class $ClassName$: IDisposable
    {
        private bool _disposed = false;
             
        //Implement IDisposable.
        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;
          }
        }
 
        // Use C# destructor syntax for finalization code.
        ~$ClassName$()
        {
          // Simply call Dispose(false).
          Dispose(false);
        }
    }            ]]>
      </Code>
    </Snippet>
  </CodeSnippet>
  <CodeSnippet Format="1.0.0">
    <Header>
      <Title>Base class disposable implementation.</Title>
      <Shortcut>ddisp</Shortcut>
      <Description>
        Code snippet to create a scheleton implementation of the
        IDisposable pattern for a derived class.
      </Description>
      <Author>Stefano Ricciardi</Author>
      <SnippetTypes>
        <SnippetType>Expansion</SnippetType>
      </SnippetTypes>
    </Header>
    <Snippet>
      <Declarations>
        <Literal>
          <ID>DerivedClassName</ID>
          <ToolTip>Name of the derived class.</ToolTip>
          <Default>Derived</Default>
        </Literal>
        <Literal>
          <ID>BaseClassName</ID>
          <ToolTip>Name of the base class.</ToolTip>
          <Default>Base</Default>
        </Literal>
      </Declarations>
      <Code Language="csharp">
        <![CDATA[
  public class $DerivedClassName$: $BaseClassName$
  {
      private bool _disposed = false;
 
      protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
      {
          if (!_disposed)
          {
              if (disposing)
              {
                  // Release managed resources.
              }
              // Release unmanaged resources.
              // Set large fields to null.
              // Call Dispose on your base class.
               
              _disposed = true;
          }
             
          base.Dispose(disposing);
      }
      // The derived class does not have a Finalize method
      // or a Dispose method without parameters because it inherits
      // them from the base class.
  }
]]>
      </Code>
    </Snippet>
  </CodeSnippet>
</CodeSnippets>

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