Is there a way to know, programatically, how much space an object is taking in memory? (.Net 2.0)

Question

I would like to be able to know, in run-time in my code, how much memory a certain object is taking (a Dataset in this case, but i'm looking for a "general" solution).

Is this possible through reflection?

This is for .Net 2.0.

Thanks!

Answer 1

I believe this is a duplicate. Check out:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/155022/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-find-out-how-much-memory-an-object-uses-in-net
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/51540/determine-how-much-memory-a-class-uses#51895

Answer 2

Great, so to sumarize, there is no easy way, other than using the Profiling API which is a lot of work. Thanks!

Answer 3

int size = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(int));

That should work too.