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Provides a generic view of a sequence of bytes.

The Stream type exposes the following members.

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skadfeka.protmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifStream Initializes a new instance of the Stream class.
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skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifBeginRead Begins an asynchronous read operation.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifBeginWrite Begins an asynchronous write operation.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifClose Closes the current stream and releases any resources (such as sockets and file handles) associated with the current stream.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifCreateObjRef Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
skadfeka.protmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifCreateWaitHandle Obsolete. Allocates a WaitHandle object.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifDisposeOverloaded. Releases all resources used by the Stream object.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifEndRead Waits for the pending asynchronous read to complete.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifEndWrite Ends an asynchronous write operation.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifEquals Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
skadfeka.protmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifFinalize Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifFlush When overridden in a derived class, clears all buffers for this stream and causes any buffered data to be written to the underlying device.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifGetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifGetLifetimeService Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifGetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifInitializeLifetimeService Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from MarshalByRefObject.)
skadfeka.protmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifMemberwiseCloneOverloaded.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifRead When overridden in a derived class, reads a sequence of bytes from the current stream and advances the position within the stream by the number of bytes read.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifReadByte Reads a byte from the stream and advances the position within the stream by one byte, or returns -1 if at the end of the stream.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifSeek When overridden in a derived class, sets the position within the current stream.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifSetLength When overridden in a derived class, sets the length of the current stream.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.static(en-us,VS.90).gifSynchronized Creates a thread-safe (synchronized) wrapper around the specified Stream object.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifToString Returns a String that represents the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifWrite When overridden in a derived class, writes a sequence of bytes to the current stream and advances the current position within this stream by the number of bytes written.
skadfeka.pubmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifWriteByte Writes a byte to the current position in the stream and advances the position within the stream by one byte.
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  NameDescription
skadfeka.pubfield(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.static(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifNull A Stream with no backing store.
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skadfeka.pubproperty(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifCanRead When overridden in a derived class, gets a value indicating whether the current stream supports reading.
skadfeka.pubproperty(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifCanSeek When overridden in a derived class, gets a value indicating whether the current stream supports seeking.
skadfeka.pubproperty(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifCanTimeout Gets a value that determines whether the current stream can time out.
skadfeka.pubproperty(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifCanWrite When overridden in a derived class, gets a value indicating whether the current stream supports writing.
skadfeka.pubproperty(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifLength When overridden in a derived class, gets the length in bytes of the stream.
skadfeka.pubproperty(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifPosition When overridden in a derived class, gets or sets the position within the current stream.
skadfeka.pubproperty(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifReadTimeout Gets or sets a value, in miliseconds, that determines how long the stream will attempt to read before timing out.
skadfeka.pubproperty(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.xna(en-us,VS.90).gifWriteTimeout Gets or sets a value, in miliseconds, that determines how long the stream will attempt to write before timing out.
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  NameDescription
skadfeka.pubinterface(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.privmethod(en-us,VS.90).gifskadfeka.CFW(en-us,VS.90).gifIDisposable..::.Dispose For a description of this member, see IDisposable..::.Dispose.
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Suggestion      G1   |   Edit   |  

1) Stream uses integer -1 as an end of stream indicator for the ReadByte() method. Consequently, this constant should exist somewhere in the library and ideally as a readonly field or property of stream itself. Consequently, the following becomes doable...

for (int b in myStream.ReadByte(); b != myStream.EndOfStream; b = myStream.ReadByte())

otherStream.WriteByte( (byte) b );

2) Another suggestion is to have inter-stream methods for the sake of completeness and intuitivity, as follows:

aStream.WriteAll( bStream );

and

aStream.ReadAll( bStream );

and

class Stream<T> : IEnumerable<T>

and

....

3) There is just such a lack of symmetry...thank goodness for extension methods....Sealed classes was definitely a mistake (sealed features if you must, but to seal the entire class is to kill the goose the lays the gold eggs).

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