StreamReader Constructor (Stream) (System.IO)

StreamReader Constructor (Stream)

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StreamReader Constructor (Stream)

Initializes a new instance of the StreamReader class for the specified stream.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Sub New ( _
    stream As Stream _
)

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim stream As Stream

Dim instance As New StreamReader(stream)

public StreamReader (
    Stream stream
)

C++

public:
StreamReader (
    Stream^ stream
)

public StreamReader (
    Stream stream
)

JScript

public function StreamReader (
    stream : Stream
)

Parameters

stream: The stream to be read.

Exceptions

Exception type	Condition
ArgumentException	stream does not support reading.
ArgumentNullException	stream is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

This constructor initializes the encoding to UTF8Encoding, the BaseStream property using the stream parameter, and the internal buffer to the default size.

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 an example of using this method, see the Example section. The following table lists examples of other typical or related I/O tasks.

To do this...	See the example in this topic...
Create a text file.	How to: Write Text to a File
Write to a text file.	How to: Write Text to a File
Read from a text file.	How to: Read Text from a File
Append text to a file.	How to: Open and Append to a Log File File.AppendText FileInfo.AppendText
Get the size of a file.	FileInfo.Length
Get the attributes of a file.	File.GetAttributes
Set the attributes of a file.	File.SetAttributes
Determine if a file exists.	File.Exists
Read from a binary file.	How to: Read and Write to a Newly Created Data File
Write to a binary file.	How to: Read and Write to a Newly Created Data File

Example

The following code example demonstrates this StreamReader constructor.

Visual Basic

Imports System
Imports System.IO

Public Class Test

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim path As String = "c:\temp\MyTest.txt"

        Try
            If File.Exists(path) Then
                File.Delete(path)
            End If

            Dim sw As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter(path)
            sw.WriteLine("This")
            sw.WriteLine("is some text")
            sw.WriteLine("to test")
            sw.WriteLine("Reading")
            sw.Close()

            Dim fs As FileStream = New FileStream(path, FileMode.Open)

            Dim sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(fs)

            Do While sr.Peek() >= 0
                Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine())
            Loop
            sr.Close()
            fs.Close()
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString())
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

using System;
using System.IO;

class Test 
{
    
    public static void Main() 
    {
        string path = @"c:\temp\MyTest.txt";

        try 
        {
            if (File.Exists(path)) 
            {
                File.Delete(path);
            }

            using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(path)) 
            {
                sw.WriteLine("This");
                sw.WriteLine("is some text");
                sw.WriteLine("to test");
                sw.WriteLine("Reading");
            }

            using (FileStream fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open)) 
            {
                using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fs)) 
                {

                    while (sr.Peek() >= 0) 
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine());
                    }
                }
            }
        } 
        catch (Exception e) 
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
        }
    }
}

C++

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
int main()
{
   String^ path = "c:\\temp\\MyTest.txt";
   try
   {
      if ( File::Exists( path ) )
      {
         File::Delete( path );
      }
      StreamWriter^ sw = gcnew StreamWriter( path );
      try
      {
         sw->WriteLine( "This" );
         sw->WriteLine( "is some text" );
         sw->WriteLine( "to test" );
         sw->WriteLine( "Reading" );
      }
      finally
      {
         delete sw;
      }

      FileStream^ fs = gcnew FileStream( path,FileMode::Open );
      try
      {
         StreamReader^ sr = gcnew StreamReader( fs );
         try
         {
            while ( sr->Peek() >= 0 )
            {
               Console::WriteLine( sr->ReadLine() );
            }
         }
         finally
         {
            delete sr;
         }
      }
      finally
      {
         delete fs;
      }
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "The process failed: {0}", e );
   }
}

import System.*;
import System.IO.*;

class Test
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        String path = "c:\\temp\\MyTest.txt";

        try {
            if (File.Exists(path)) {
                File.Delete(path);
            }
            StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(path);
            try {
                sw.WriteLine("This");
                sw.WriteLine("is some text");
                sw.WriteLine("to test");
                sw.WriteLine("Reading");
            }
            finally {
                sw.Dispose();
            }
            FileStream fs = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open);
            try {
                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fs);
                try {
                    while (sr.Peek() >= 0) {
                        Console.WriteLine(sr.ReadLine());
                    }
                }
                finally {
                    sr.Dispose();
                }
            }
            finally {
                fs.Dispose();
            }
        }
        catch (System.Exception e) {
            Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
        }
    } //main
} //Test

Platforms

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

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

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 2.0, 1.0

Reference

StreamReader Class
StreamReader Members
System.IO Namespace

Other Resources

File and Stream I/O
How to: Read Text from a File
How to: Write Text to a File