XmlSerializer Memory Leak - Created Inside Loop

[ghost]

The class SObjectList function WriteXml(XmlWriter writer) creates a new XmlSerlializer inside a loop, which is very inefficient. Putting the serializer creation outside of the loop increases speed and decreases memory usage.

Each new XmlSerlializer is internally compiled and cached, so for long running applications* the memory usage will slowly rise over time as the cached serializers can never be garbage collected. To reuse a cached serializer you must use a constructor XmlSerializer(typeof(T)) but that means you will need to use an [XmlRoot("sObject")] attribute on your models (?). Or use your own caching strategy, see this link for details:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23897145/memory-leak-using-streamreader-and-xmlserializer

* We use Azure Functions to send bulk data to Salesforce on a schedule, which would slowly climb to >3GB private bytes used before crashing. Since making this change the private bytes used have flat-lined at ~200MB

[EricHirst-BZ]

It looks like https://github.com/developerforce/Force.com-Toolkit-for-NET/pull/255 would fix this. You're right; the code in SObject will definitely result in a memory leak.