the meaning of ~

Question

Here is a constructor for a class that imports images from a webcam.  What does "~WebCamCapture()" mean??? It looks like it might be method declaration, but I can't find anything in the documentation for C#.

public

 

WebCamCapture()

{

 

// This call is required by the Windows.Forms Form Designer.

InitializeComponent();

}

 

/// <summary>

 

/// Override the class's finalize method, so we can stop

 

/// the video capture on exit

 

/// </summary>

~WebCamCapture()

{

 

this.Stop();

}

                                                       -- Rich

Answer 1

Hi,

It's destructur. You can simply think the opposite of constructor.

Here is the msdn documentation about destructors.

You can find all information you are looking for in this link

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/66x5fx1b(VS.80).aspx