Make Large Objects Long-Lived
The lesson examines the object-lifetime matrix and explains why large short-lived objects cause heap fragmentation and out-of-memory errors. We introduce object pooling as the primary strategy for keeping large objects long-lived and reusing them across allocations.
Previous Module
The .NET Garbage Collector
This Module
Memory Performance Optimizations
Optimize GC for Gen:0
Avoid the Event Handler Memory Leak
Example: String Allocations in Gen:0
Demo: Tracking Gen:0 Allocations
Demo: Optimizing Gen:0 Allocations
Optimizing for Object Lifetime
Make Large Objects Long-Lived
Demo: Object Pooling (part 1)
Demo: Object Pooling (part 2)
Make Small Objects Short-Lived
Make Short-Lived Objects Small
Make Long-Lived Objects Large
Object Lifetime Recap
Structs versus Classes