.NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1: Base Class Library and Extended Numerics Library

Type Summary

						public sealed class GC
 {
   // Properties
   MS
						public static int MaxGeneration { get; }

   // Methods
   MS
						public static void Collect ();
						MS CF
						public static void Collect (int generation);
MS CF
						public static int GetGeneration (object obj);
MS CF
						public static int GetGeneration (WeakReference wo);
   MS
						public static long GetTotalMemory (bool forceFullCollection);
      public static void KeepAlive (object obj);
      public static void ReRegisterForFinalize (object obj);
      public static void SuppressFinalize (object obj);
      public static void WaitForPendingFinalizers ();
 }

JM You will notice that there is neither a Collect method nor a Generation property in this class. They were there originally, but were removed, after much discussion and debate, because ...