Class that implements IDisposable without Dispose function?

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I just pulled in WebSocketSharp via nuget.
It's class WebSocket implements IDisposable but doesn't seem to have a Dispose method.
How is that possible? I thought if you implement an interface you also have to implement all of it's properties/methods.

Explicitly implemented. See https://github.com/sta/websocket-sharp/blob/master/websocket-sharp/WebSocket.cs#L3073 ( and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4103300/why-implement-interface-explicitly) — haim770, Sep 07 '16 at 09:44
Just an idea, maybe somebody can confirm this - if the interface method is implemented explicitly (`explicit interface implementation`), would it be displayed here? Maybe that is the case. — Dennis, Sep 07 '16 at 09:44
It has an explicit implementation and has a Close() method instead. It's a common pattern. — Dennis_E, Sep 07 '16 at 09:46

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 07 '16 at 09:44

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On GitHub in source:

#region Explicit Interface Implementations

/// <summary>
/// Closes the WebSocket connection, and releases all associated resources.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// This method closes the connection with <see cref="CloseStatusCode.Away"/>.
/// </remarks>
void IDisposable.Dispose ()
{
  close (new CloseEventArgs (CloseStatusCode.Away), true, true, false);
}

#endregion

answered Sep 07 '16 at 09:44

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Thank you, very interesting! – Michael Pittino Sep 07 '16 at 09:49

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