How do I get the reference count for a managed object?

Question

.NET profilers can show the number of references to managed objects. How do they count them?

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Arthur 24 Sep '09 at 11:55

1 answer

Brian lyttle · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-24T12:02:08+0000

They use unmanaged APIs that provide access to the profiler.

ICorProfilerCallback and ICorProfilerCallback2 are the main ones.These are the interfaces that use .NET profilers. There are a few more links like this .

You can use class loading (ClassLoadFinished ()) and unloading (ClassUnloadFinished ()) methods to keep track of this information.