System.ServiceModel.ServiceHost implements IDisposable but Dispose is not public

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Why is that?

This is not a question about the using keyword.

Maybe this other question resolves your question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1253266/why-explicit-implementation-of-a-interface-can-not-be-public — Matías Fidemraizer, Mar 17 '11 at 12:00

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 12 '19 at 18:34

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System.ServiceModel.ServiceHost implements the IDisposable interface explicitly. This prevents that interface complicating the the ServiceHost class itself. It also avoids situations where more than one interface implemented by a class defines a method with the same signature.

The Dispose method can be accessed by casting the ServiceHost object to an IDisposable.

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edited Feb 12 '19 at 18:34

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answered Mar 17 '11 at 12:06

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System.ServiceModel.ServiceHost implements IDisposable but Dispose is not public

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