TextReader Class
[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]
Represents a reader that can read a sequential series of characters.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The TextReader type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Close | Closes the TextReader and releases any system resources associated with the TextReader. |
| Dispose() | Releases all resources used by the TextReader object. |
 | Dispose(Boolean) | Releases the unmanaged resources used by the TextReader and optionally releases the managed resources. |
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| 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.) |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Peek | Reads the next character without changing the state of the reader or the character source. Returns the next available character without actually reading it from the input stream. |
| Read() | Reads the next character from the input stream and advances the character position by one character. |
| Read(array<Char>, Int32, Int32) | Reads a maximum of count characters from the current stream and writes the data to buffer, beginning at index. |
| ReadAsync | Reads a specified maximum number of characters from the current text reader asynchronously and writes the data to a buffer, beginning at the specified index. |
| ReadBlock | Reads a maximum of count characters from the current stream, and writes the data to buffer, beginning at index. |
| ReadBlockAsync | Reads a specified maximum number of characters from the current text reader asynchronously and writes the data to a buffer, beginning at the specified index. |
| ReadLine | Reads a line of characters from the current stream and returns the data as a string. |
| ReadLineAsync | Reads a line of characters asynchronously and returns the data as a string. |
| ReadToEnd | Reads all characters from the current position to the end of the TextReader and returns them as one string. |
| ReadToEndAsync | Reads all characters from the current position to the end of the text reader asynchronously and returns them as one string. |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
TextReader is the abstract base class of StreamReader and StringReader, which read characters from streams and strings, respectively. Use these derived classes to open a text file for reading a specified range of characters, or to create a reader based on an existing stream.
Notes to InheritorsA derived class must minimally implement the Peek and Read methods to make a useful instance of TextReader.
Show: