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WindowsRuntimeBufferExtensions.GetWindowsRuntimeBuffer Method (MemoryStream)

.NET Framework 4.5

Returns a Windows.Storage.Streams.IBuffer interface that represents the same memory as the specified memory stream.

This API is not CLS-compliant.

Namespace: System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime
Assembly: System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime (in System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.dll)

Syntax

C++

'Declaration
<ExtensionAttribute> _
<CLSCompliantAttribute(False)> _
Public Shared Function GetWindowsRuntimeBuffer ( _
	underlyingStream As MemoryStream _
) As IBuffer

Parameters

underlyingStream: Type: System.IO.MemoryStream
The stream that provides the backing memory for the IBuffer.

Return Value

Type: IBuffer
A Windows.Storage.Streams.IBuffer interface that is backed by the same memory that backs the specified memory stream.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type MemoryStream. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).

Remarks

If underlyingStream is resized, it may represent a different region of memory; however, the IBuffer continues to represent the memory of the original stream before it was resized.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5

.NET for Windows Store apps

Supported in: Windows 8

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

WindowsRuntimeBufferExtensions Class

GetWindowsRuntimeBuffer Overload

System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime Namespace

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