Destructor (ASP Classic and Delphi Prism Cross Reference Guide)

When an object instance is destroyed, ASP calls a special parameter-less sub named Class_Terminate. For example, when the variable falls out of scope. Since you cannot specify parameters for this sub, you also cannot overload it.

To explicitly destroy an object, use Set YourClass = nothing. If the Class object is explicitly destroyed, the client returns with the script engine error details.

When an object instance is created from a class, ASP calls a special sub called Class_Initialize.

Class Cyborg

  Public Sub Class_Terminate

    Response.Write "<br>Class destroyed"
  End Sub
End Class

 ASP Classic Destructor (Class_Terminate)  

Unlike Delphi, Delphi Prism uses the .Net garbage collector to free managed object instances. Prism does not have nor need a true destructor.

In .Net, a finalizer is used to free non-managed objects such as a file or network resource. In Prism, you use the keyword finalizer to indicate the method is a finalizer. Each class can implement one and only one finalizer with a method name of finalize(), which is the method name used in Java and VB.Net.

Because you don't know when the garbage collector will call your finalizer, For non-managed resources, Microsoft recommends you implement the IDisposable interface and call it's Dispose() method at the appropriate time.

type
  Cyborg = class(IDisposable)
  private
    disposed: Boolean;
    method Dispose(disposing: Boolean);
  public
    method Dispose;
    finalizer Finalize;
  end;

 Delphi Prism Finalizer (finalize())