How to dispose a CoreServiceClient?

Question

What is the proper way to dispose a CoreServiceClient in SDL Web 8.5?

Some great Core Service posts from 2012 and 2013 instruct to check the state, and call Abort() or Close(). The Tridion-PowerShell-Modules project does something similar in Close-TridionCoreServiceClient.

         if (_client.State == CommunicationState.Faulted)
        {
            _client.Abort();
        }
        else
        {
            _client.Close();
        }

However, the Core Service client API has a CoreServiceClient.Dispose() method, which calls ClientHelper.DisposeClient() which does those checks already. Maybe this has changed over time, but I think the API handles this for us.

Answer 1

Documentation for 8.5 states that there are two ways for disposal:

1. Dispose method
2. Using method

https://docs.sdl.com/LiveContent/content/en-US/SDL%20Web-v5/GUID-CB0DBEF4-3A0D-4389-BAA3-92B1B15D1D35