StreamReader Constructor (Stream, Encoding) (System.IO)

.NET Framework Class Library

StreamReader Constructor (Stream, Encoding)

Initializes a new instance of the StreamReader class for the specified stream, with the specified character encoding.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Sub New ( _
    stream As Stream, _
    encoding As Encoding _
)

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim stream As Stream
Dim encoding As Encoding

Dim instance As New StreamReader(stream, _
    encoding)

public StreamReader(
    Stream stream,
    Encoding encoding
)

Visual C++

public:
StreamReader(
    Stream^ stream, 
    Encoding^ encoding
)

JScript

public function StreamReader(
    stream : Stream, 
    encoding : Encoding
)

Parameters

stream: Type: System.IO..::.Stream
The stream to be read.

encoding: Type: System.Text..::.Encoding
The character encoding to use.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	stream does not support reading.
ArgumentNullException	stream or encoding is nullNothingnullptra null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

The character encoding is set by the encoding parameter, and the default buffer size is used. The StreamReader object attempts to detect the encoding by looking at the first three bytes of the stream. It automatically recognizes UTF-8, little-endian Unicode, and big-endian Unicode text if the file starts with the appropriate byte order marks. Otherwise, the user-provided encoding is used. See the Encoding..::.GetPreamble method for more information.

Caution:
When you compile a set of characters with a particular cultural setting and retrieve those same characters with a different cultural setting, the characters might not be interpretable, and could cause an exception to be thrown.

For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates this StreamReader constructor.

Visual Basic

Private Sub getNewStreamReader()
    Dim S As Stream = File.OpenRead("C:\Temp\Test.txt")
    'Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
    'file using a buffer and byte order mark detection
    Dim SrAsciiFromFileFalse512 As StreamReader = New StreamReader("C:\Temp\Test.txt", _
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII, False, 512)
    'Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
    'file with byte order mark detection = false
    Dim SrAsciiFromFileFalse As StreamReader = New StreamReader("C:\Temp\Test.txt", _
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII, False)
    'Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a file 
    Dim SrAsciiFromFile As StreamReader = New StreamReader("C:\Temp\Test.txt", _
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII)
    'Get a new StreamReader from a
    'file with byte order mark detection = false        
    Dim SrFromFileFalse As StreamReader = New StreamReader("C:\Temp\Test.txt", False)
    'Get a new StreamReader from a file
    Dim SrFromFile As StreamReader = New StreamReader("C:\Temp\Test.txt")
    'Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
    'FileStream with byte order mark detection = false and a buffer
    Dim SrAsciiFromStreamFalse512 As StreamReader = New StreamReader(S, _
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII, False, 512)
    'Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
    'FileStream with byte order mark detection = false
    Dim SrAsciiFromStreamFalse = New StreamReader(S, _
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII, False)
    'Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a FileStream
    Dim SrAsciiFromStream As StreamReader = New StreamReader(S, _
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII)
    'Get a new StreamReader from a
    'FileStream with byte order mark detection = false
    Dim SrFromStreamFalse As StreamReader = New StreamReader(S, False)
    'Get a new StreamReader from a FileStream
    Dim SrFromStream As StreamReader = New StreamReader(S)

End Sub

private void getNewStreamReader() 
{
    //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
    //file using a buffer and byte order mark detection
    StreamReader srAsciiFromFileFalse512 = 
        new StreamReader("C:\\Temp\\Test.txt",
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII, false, 512);
    //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
    //file with byte order mark detection = false
    StreamReader srAsciiFromFileFalse = 
        new StreamReader("C:\\Temp\\Test.txt",
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII, false);
    //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a file 
    StreamReader srAsciiFromFile = 
        new StreamReader("C:\\Temp\\Test.txt",
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII);
    //Get a new StreamReader from a
    //file with byte order mark detection = false
    StreamReader srFromFileFalse = 
        new StreamReader("C:\\Temp\\Test.txt", false);
    //Get a new StreamReader from a file
    StreamReader srFromFile = 
        new StreamReader("C:\\Temp\\Test.txt");
    //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
    //FileStream with byte order mark detection = false and a buffer
    StreamReader srAsciiFromStreamFalse512 = new StreamReader(
        (System.IO.Stream)File.OpenRead("C:\\Temp\\Test.txt"),
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII, false, 512);
    //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
    //FileStream with byte order mark detection = false
    StreamReader srAsciiFromStreamFalse = new StreamReader(
        (System.IO.Stream)File.OpenRead("C:\\Temp\\Test.txt"),
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII, false);
    //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a FileStream
    StreamReader srAsciiFromStream = new StreamReader(
        (System.IO.Stream)File.OpenRead("C:\\Temp\\Test.txt"),
        System.Text.Encoding.ASCII);
    //Get a new StreamReader from a
    //FileStream with byte order mark detection = false
    StreamReader srFromStreamFalse = new StreamReader(
        (System.IO.Stream)File.OpenRead("C:\\Temp\\Test.txt"), 
        false);
    //Get a new StreamReader from a FileStream
    StreamReader srFromStream = new StreamReader(
        (System.IO.Stream)File.OpenRead("C:\\Temp\\Test.txt"));
}

Visual C++

void getNewStreamReader()
{

   //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
   //file using a buffer and byte order mark detection
   StreamReader^ srAsciiFromFileFalse512 = gcnew StreamReader(  "C:\\Temp\\Test.txt",System::Text::Encoding::ASCII,false,512 );

   //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
   //file with byte order mark detection = false
   StreamReader^ srAsciiFromFileFalse = gcnew StreamReader(  "C:\\Temp\\Test.txt",System::Text::Encoding::ASCII,false );

   //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a file 
   StreamReader^ srAsciiFromFile = gcnew StreamReader(  "C:\\Temp\\Test.txt",System::Text::Encoding::ASCII );

   //Get a new StreamReader from a
   //file with byte order mark detection = false
   StreamReader^ srFromFileFalse = gcnew StreamReader(  "C:\\Temp\\Test.txt",false );

   //Get a new StreamReader from a file
   StreamReader^ srFromFile = gcnew StreamReader(  "C:\\Temp\\Test.txt" );

   //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
   //FileStream with byte order mark detection = false and a buffer
   StreamReader^ srAsciiFromStreamFalse512 = gcnew StreamReader( File::OpenRead(  "C:\\Temp\\Test.txt" ),System::Text::Encoding::ASCII,false,512 );

   //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a
   //FileStream with byte order mark detection = false
   StreamReader^ srAsciiFromStreamFalse = gcnew StreamReader( File::OpenRead(  "C:\\Temp\\Test.txt" ),System::Text::Encoding::ASCII,false );

   //Get a new StreamReader in ASCII format from a FileStream
   StreamReader^ srAsciiFromStream = gcnew StreamReader( File::OpenRead(  "C:\\Temp\\Test.txt" ),System::Text::Encoding::ASCII );

   //Get a new StreamReader from a
   //FileStream with byte order mark detection = false
   StreamReader^ srFromStreamFalse = gcnew StreamReader( File::OpenRead(  "C:\\Temp\\Test.txt" ),false );

   //Get a new StreamReader from a FileStream
   StreamReader^ srFromStream = gcnew StreamReader( File::OpenRead(  "C:\\Temp\\Test.txt" ) );
}

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

Reference

StreamReader Class

StreamReader Members

StreamReader Overload

System.IO Namespace

Encoding

Other Resources

File and Stream I/O

How to: Read Text from a File

How to: Write Text to a File