FileRegion.GetStream Method

Definition

Returns a stream that can be used to read the data to be archived.

public:
 System::IO::Stream ^ GetStream();
public System.IO.Stream GetStream ();
member this.GetStream : unit -> System.IO.Stream
Public Function GetStream () As Stream

Returns

A stream that contains the data to be archived.

Exceptions

The request could not be performed because of an unexpected I/O exception.

The operation is not supported.

The method was called after the sequence has been disposed of.

There is not enough memory to continue the execution of the program.

Access for the specified log store is denied by the operating system.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to archive a log store to XML using the LogStore and FileRegion classes.

class LogBackup
{
    static void ArchiveToXML(LogStore logStore, string fileName)
    {

        LogArchiveSnapshot snapshot = logStore.CreateLogArchiveSnapshot();
        {
            XmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(fileName, System.Text.Encoding.ASCII);
            writer.WriteStartElement("logArchive");

            foreach (FileRegion region in snapshot.ArchiveRegions)
            {
                writer.WriteStartElement("fileRegion");
                writer.WriteElementString("path",
                                          region.Path);
                writer.WriteElementString("length",
                                        region.FileLength.ToString());
                writer.WriteElementString("offset",
                                          region.Offset.ToString());

                using (Stream dataStream = region.GetStream())
                {
                    byte[] data = new byte[dataStream.Length];
                    dataStream.Read(data, 0, data.Length);

                    writer.WriteElementString("data", System.Convert.ToBase64String(data));
                }

                writer.WriteEndElement();
            }

            writer.Close();
            logStore.SetArchiveTail(snapshot.LastSequenceNumber);
        }
    }

    static void RestoreFromXML(string fileName)
    {
        using (XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader(fileName))
        {
            reader.ReadStartElement("logArchive");
            while (reader.IsStartElement())
            {
                string path;
                long length;
                long offset;
                path = reader.ReadElementString("path");
                length = System.Int64.Parse(reader.ReadElementString("length"));
                offset = System.Int64.Parse(reader.ReadElementString("offset"));
                string dataString = reader.ReadElementString("data");
                byte[] data = System.Convert.FromBase64String(dataString);
                FileStream fileStream;
                using (fileStream = new FileStream(path,
                                              FileMode.OpenOrCreate,
                                              FileAccess.Write))
                {
                    fileStream.SetLength(length);
                    fileStream.Position = offset;
                    fileStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
                }
            }
            reader.ReadEndElement();
        }
    }
}
Friend Class LogBackup
    Private Shared Sub ArchiveToXML(ByVal logStore As LogStore, ByVal fileName As String)


        Dim snapshot As LogArchiveSnapshot = logStore.CreateLogArchiveSnapshot()
            Dim writer As New XmlTextWriter(fileName, System.Text.Encoding.ASCII)
            writer.WriteStartElement("logArchive")

        For Each region As FileRegion In snapshot.ArchiveRegions
            With writer
                .WriteStartElement("fileRegion")
                .WriteElementString("path", region.Path)
                .WriteElementString("length", region.FileLength.ToString())
                .WriteElementString("offset", region.Offset.ToString())
            End With

            Using dataStream As Stream = region.GetStream()
                Dim data(dataStream.Length - 1) As Byte
                dataStream.Read(data, 0, data.Length)

                writer.WriteElementString("data", System.Convert.ToBase64String(data))
            End Using

            writer.WriteEndElement()
        Next region

            writer.Close()
            logStore.SetArchiveTail(snapshot.LastSequenceNumber)
    End Sub

    Private Shared Sub RestoreFromXML(ByVal fileName As String)
        Using reader As New XmlTextReader(fileName)
            reader.ReadStartElement("logArchive")
            Do While reader.IsStartElement()
                Dim path As String
                Dim length As Long
                Dim offset As Long
                path = reader.ReadElementString("path")
                length = System.Int64.Parse(reader.ReadElementString("length"))
                offset = System.Int64.Parse(reader.ReadElementString("offset"))
                Dim dataString = reader.ReadElementString("data")
                Dim data() = System.Convert.FromBase64String(dataString)
                Dim fileStream As FileStream
                fileStream = New FileStream(path, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write)
                Using fileStream
                    fileStream.SetLength(length)
                    fileStream.Position = offset
                    fileStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length)
                End Using
            Loop
            reader.ReadEndElement()
        End Using
    End Sub
End Class

Applies to