Stream Hierarchy

The following table lists the classes derived from System.IO.Stream .

Derived Classes

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System.IO.BufferedStream	Adds a buffering layer to read and write operations on another stream. This class cannot be inherited.
System.IO.Compression.DeflateStream	Provides methods and properties for compressing and decompressing streams using the Deflate algorithm.
System.IO.Compression.GZipStream	Provides methods and properties used to compress and decompress streams.
System.IO.FileStream	Exposes a Stream around a file, supporting both synchronous and asynchronous read and write operations.
System.IO.MemoryStream	Creates a stream whose backing store is memory.
System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream	Provides access to unmanaged blocks of memory from managed code.
System.Net.Security.AuthenticatedStream	Provides methods for passing credentials across a stream and requesting or performing authentication for client-server applications.
System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream	Provides the underlying stream of data for network access.
System.Printing.PrintQueueStream	A stream that represents a spooled print job in a print queue.
System.Security.Cryptography.CryptoStream	Defines a stream that links data streams to cryptographic transformations.