Destroy Static Variables in C#/ASP.NET

Question

I am forced to use static variables because of the asp.net execution path. I have to have the same variables on the master page as well as the page being called. Static variables make it very easy to carry over variables because they remain static. Unfortunately these variables hang in the ether of memory because the app hasn't actually "exited". Is there a way to destroy these variables when I finished used them? I looked into

IDisposable

but its implementation is not... clean. Is there a way to destroy variables when the page finishes rendering?

Answer 1

I am forced to use static variables because of the asp.net execution path. I have to have the same variables on the master page as well as the page being called. Static variables make it very easy to carry over variables because they remain static.

You aren't "forced" to use static fields just to share data between a master page and its content page. You probably don't want to either: static fields will be shared between all requests from all users of your application, which means they need to be thread-safe and limited to data that is shared between all users.

There are many techniques to share data between master and content page. For example, you could use the HttpContext.Items dictionary, which exists only for the duration of a single request.