StringReader Class

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Implements a TextReader that reads from a string.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.IO.TextReader
    System.IO.StringReader

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(True)> _
Public Class StringReader _
    Inherits TextReader
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public class StringReader : TextReader

The StringReader type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 StringReader Initializes a new instance of the StringReader class that reads from the specified string.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Close Closes the StringReader. (Overrides TextReader.Close().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Dispose() Releases all resources used by the TextReader object. (Inherited from TextReader.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Dispose(Boolean) Releases the unmanaged resources used by the StringReader and optionally releases the managed resources. (Overrides TextReader.Dispose(Boolean).)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Peek Returns the next available character but does not consume it. (Overrides TextReader.Peek().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Read() Reads the next character from the input string and advances the character position by one character. (Overrides TextReader.Read().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Read(array<Char[], Int32, Int32) Reads a block of characters from the input string and advances the character position by count. (Overrides TextReader.Read(array<Char[], Int32, Int32).)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ReadBlock Reads a maximum of count characters from the current stream, and writes the data to buffer, beginning at index. (Inherited from TextReader.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ReadLine Reads a line from the underlying string. (Overrides TextReader.ReadLine().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ReadToEnd Reads the stream as a string, either in its entirety or from the current position to the end of the stream. (Overrides TextReader.ReadToEnd().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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