StreamWriter Class
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
[SerializableAttribute] [ComVisibleAttribute(true)] public ref class StreamWriter : public TextWriter
/** @attribute SerializableAttribute() */ /** @attribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) */ public class StreamWriter extends TextWriter
SerializableAttribute ComVisibleAttribute(true) public class StreamWriter extends TextWriter
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StreamWriter is designed for character output in a particular Encoding, whereas classes derived from Stream are designed for byte input and output.
StreamWriter defaults to using an instance of UTF8Encoding unless specified otherwise. This instance of UTF8Encoding is constructed without a Byte-Order Mark (BOM), so its GetPreamble method returns an empty byte array. To create a StreamWriter using UTF-8 encoding and a BOM, consider using a constructor that specifies encoding, such as StreamWriter(String,Boolean,Encoding).
By default, a StreamWriter is not thread safe. See TextWriter.Synchronized for a thread-safe wrapper.
For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.
Windows 98, Windows Server 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 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.