Provides support for reading to and writing from sequential and random access streams.
Members
The Windows.Storage.Streams namespace has these types of members:
Classes
The Windows.Storage.Streams namespace has these classes.
| Class | Description |
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| Buffer | Provides a default implementation of the IBuffer interface and its related interfaces. |
| DataReader | Reads data from an input stream. |
| DataReaderLoadOperation | Loads data from an input stream. |
| DataWriter | Writes data to an output stream. |
| DataWriterStoreOperation | Commits data in a buffer to a backing store. |
| FileInputStream | Reads data from a file. |
| FileOutputStream | Writes data to a file. |
| FileRandomAccessStream | Supports reading and writing to a file at a specified position. |
| InMemoryRandomAccessStream | Provides random access of data in input and output streams that are stored in memory instead of on disk. |
| InputStreamOverStream | Provides a Windows Runtime input stream for an IStream base implementation. |
| OutputStreamOverStream | Provides a Windows Runtime output stream for an IStream base implementation. |
| RandomAccessStream | Provides random access of data in input and output streams. |
| RandomAccessStreamOverStream | Provides a Windows Runtime random access stream for an IStream base implementation. |
| RandomAccessStreamReference | Provides random access of data in input and output streams for a file. |
Enumerations
The Windows.Storage.Streams namespace has these enumerations.
| Enumeration | Description |
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| ByteOrder | Specifies the byte order of a stream. |
| InputStreamOptions | Specifies the read options for an input stream. |
| UnicodeEncoding | Specifies the type of character encoding for a stream. |
Interfaces
The Windows.Storage.Streams namespace defines these interfaces.
| Interface | Description |
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| IBuffer | Represents a referenced array of bytes used by byte stream read and write interfaces. Buffer is the class implementation of this interface. |
| IBufferFactory | Initializes a new instance of the Buffer class with the specified capacity. |
| IContentTypeProvider | Characterizes the format of the data. |
| IDataReader | Provides read access to an input stream. |
| IDataWriter | Provides write access to an output stream. |
| IInputStream | Represents a sequential stream of bytes to be read. |
| IInputStreamReference | Enables a Windows Runtime component to provide sequential read access to an encapsulated stream. |
| IOutputStream | Represents a sequential stream of bytes to be written. |
| IRandomAccessStream | Supports random access of data in input and output streams. |
| IRandomAccessStreamReference | Enables a Windows Runtime component to provide access to an encapsulated stream. |
| IRandomAccessStreamWithContentType | Supports random access of data in input and output streams for a specified data format. |
Remarks
A stream is an abstraction of a sequence of bytes, such as a file, I/O device, or a socket. You can perform asynchronous read, write, and seek operations on a stream.
Calling the Close method on a stream flushes any buffered data and releases system resources such as file handles, sockets, and memory.
Requirements
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Minimum supported client | Windows 8 |
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Minimum supported server | Windows Server 2012 |
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Minimum supported phone | Windows Phone 8 |
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Build date: 2/25/2013
