Use the GCNotificationStatus enumeration returned by this method to determine the status of the current garbage collection notification that was registered by using the GC.RegisterForFullGCNotification(int, int) method. You can also use the GC.WaitForFullGCComplete method to determine whether the full garbage collection has completed.

When the enumeration returns GCNotificationStatus.Succeeded, you can do tasks such as preventing additional objects from being allocated and inducing a collection yourself with the GC.Collect method. Note that the notification does not guarantee that a full garbage collection will occur, only that conditions have reached the threshold that are favorable for a full garbage collection to occur.

This method waits indefinitely for a garbage collection notification to be obtained. If you want to specify a time-out period for the method to return if the notification cannot be obtained, use the GC.WaitForFullGCApproach(int) method overload. If you call this method without specifying a time-out, you can call the GC.CancelFullGCNotification method if you are waiting longer than preferred.

You should follow this method with a call to the erload:System.GC.WaitForFullGCComplete method to make sure that you have had a full garbage collection. Calling this method alone causes indeterminate results.

Namespace: System
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 4.0.0.0