Garbage Collection

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class Foo
{
NetworkStream stream;

public void Bar()
{
TcpClient client = Something.GetTcpClient();
stream = client.GetStream();
}
}

Do I also need to hold a reference to /client/ to stop the object
referenced by /this.stream/ from being collected?

I'd assume so, but wanted to ask in case I'm missing something to do
with how TcpClient and NetworkStream work together here.
 
C# Learner said:
class Foo
{
NetworkStream stream;

public void Bar()
{
TcpClient client = Something.GetTcpClient();
stream = client.GetStream();
}
}

Do I also need to hold a reference to /client/ to stop the object
referenced by /this.stream/ from being collected?

I'd assume so, but wanted to ask in case I'm missing something to do
with how TcpClient and NetworkStream work together here.
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You don't have to have a reference to the client to stop the stream
from being garbage collected, but you may well have to have a reference
to stop the stream from being closed due to the client being garbage
collected.
 
Jon said:
You don't have to have a reference to the client to stop the stream
from being garbage collected, but you may well have to have a reference
to stop the stream from being closed due to the client being garbage
collected.
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Okay; thanks.
 
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