How to make an IDisposable object a class variable?

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Published on 2010-03-14T00:44:00Z Indexed on 2010/03/14 0:45 UTC
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I am working with Active Directory using C#. Instantiating the PrincipalContext object seems to be expensive, so I'd like to store one in a class variable.

When using PrincipalContext as a local variable, I can use the convenient using syntax. When storing an IDisposable object in a static variable, how do I ensure the object is properly disposed of?

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