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how to get instance id of runtime objects in .NET?Hi,
I was wondering if it is possible to obtain instance id of any random instantiated object during execution of a C# program. I am guessing that System.Runtime namespace might be used for this, but I have no clue as to the specifics. I cannot just insert the id field into the class declaration, I need to be able to work with objects of already defined classes. As an alternative to getting instance ids I can also assign my own ids by storing all newly created objects of all types in a hashtable, but this would create difficulties if the object supports a nontrivial hash function and would require chaining etc. So I am hoping to do it simply with instance ids, if possible. Thanks ahead of time for replying. Why do you want that?
There is propably a more appropriate solution! Beside there is no such thing, object memory might get moved around when there is garbage collection. It's transparent, every reference is in fact a double pointer. -- Show quoteRegards, Lloyd Dupont NovaMind development team NovaMind Software Mind Mapping Software <www.nova-mind.com> <lyubomirs***@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1153291970.330266.247970@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > I was wondering if it is possible to obtain instance id of any random > instantiated object during execution of a C# program. I am guessing > that System.Runtime namespace might be used for this, but I have no > clue as to the specifics. I cannot just insert the id field into the > class declaration, I need to be able to work with objects of already > defined classes. > > As an alternative to getting instance ids I can also assign my own ids > by storing all newly created objects of all types in a hashtable, but > this would create difficulties if the object supports a nontrivial hash > function and would require chaining etc. So I am hoping to do it simply > with instance ids, if possible. > > Thanks ahead of time for replying. > I am not interested in memory location, just a unique id for each
existing object on the heap. So you are saying there are no such unique ids, just memory addresses? Lloyd Dupont wrote: Show quote > Why do you want that? > There is propably a more appropriate solution! > > Beside there is no such thing, object memory might get moved around when > there is garbage collection. > It's transparent, every reference is in fact a double pointer. > > -- > >I am not interested in memory location, just a unique id for each I am not saying that at all!> existing object on the heap. So you are saying there are no such unique > ids, just memory addresses? > I am saying: 1. There are no such thing as a unique ID to identify object. 2. Trying to infer what you were thinking of I thought you thought of pointer value. Hence my reply about memory which is moved around. Show quote > Lloyd Dupont wrote: >> Why do you want that? >> There is propably a more appropriate solution! >> >> Beside there is no such thing, object memory might get moved around when >> there is garbage collection. >> It's transparent, every reference is in fact a double pointer. >> >> -- >> >  |
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