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StringWriter Class

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Implements a TextWriter for writing information to a string. The information is stored in an underlying StringBuilder.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  System.IO.TextWriter
    System.IO.StringWriter

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

Syntax

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

The StringWriter type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 StringWriter() Initializes a new instance of the StringWriter class.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 StringWriter(IFormatProvider) Initializes a new instance of the StringWriter class with the specified format control.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 StringWriter(StringBuilder) Initializes a new instance of the StringWriter class that writes to the specified StringBuilder.
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 StringWriter(StringBuilder, IFormatProvider) Initializes a new instance of the StringWriter class that writes to the specified StringBuilder and has the specified format provider.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Encoding Gets the Encoding in which the output is written. (Overrides TextWriter.Encoding.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 FormatProvider Gets an object that controls formatting. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public propertySupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 NewLine Gets or sets the line terminator string used by the current TextWriter. (Inherited from TextWriter.)

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Methods

  Name Description
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Close Closes the current StringWriter and the underlying stream. (Overrides TextWriter.Close().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Dispose() Releases all resources used by the TextWriter object. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Protected methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Dispose(Boolean) Releases the unmanaged resources used by the StringWriter and optionally releases the managed resources. (Overrides TextWriter.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 Flush Clears all buffers for the current writer and causes any buffered data to be written to the underlying device. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
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 GetStringBuilder Returns the underlying StringBuilder.
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 ToString Returns a string containing the characters written to the current StringWriter so far. (Overrides Object.ToString().)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(Boolean) Writes the text representation of a Boolean value to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(Char) Writes a character to this instance of the StringWriter. (Overrides TextWriter.Write(Char).)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(array<Char[]) Writes a character array to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(Decimal) Writes the text representation of a decimal value to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(Double) Writes the text representation of an 8-byte floating-point value to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(Int32) Writes the text representation of a 4-byte signed integer to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(Int64) Writes the text representation of an 8-byte signed integer to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(Object) Writes the text representation of an object to the text stream by calling ToString on that object. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(Single) Writes the text representation of a 4-byte floating-point value to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(String) Writes a string to this instance of the StringWriter. (Overrides TextWriter.Write(String).)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(UInt32) Writes the text representation of a 4-byte unsigned integer to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(UInt64) Writes the text representation of an 8-byte unsigned integer to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(String, Object) Writes out a formatted string, using the same semantics as String.Format. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(String, array<Object[]) Writes out a formatted string, using the same semantics as String.Format. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(array<Char[], Int32, Int32) Writes the specified region of a character array to this instance of the StringWriter. (Overrides TextWriter.Write(array<Char[], Int32, Int32).)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 Write(String, Object, Object) Writes out a formatted string, using the same semantics as String.Format. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine() Writes a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(Boolean) Writes the text representation of a Boolean followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(Char) Writes a character followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(array<Char[]) Writes an array of characters followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(Decimal) Writes the text representation of a decimal value followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(Double) Writes the text representation of a 8-byte floating-point value followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(Int32) Writes the text representation of a 4-byte signed integer followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(Int64) Writes the text representation of an 8-byte signed integer followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(Object) Writes the text representation of an object by calling ToString on this object, followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(Single) Writes the text representation of a 4-byte floating-point value followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(String) Writes a string followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(UInt32) Writes the text representation of a 4-byte unsigned integer followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(UInt64) Writes the text representation of an 8-byte unsigned integer followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(String, Object) Writes out a formatted string and a new line, using the same semantics as Format. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(String, array<Object[]) Writes out a formatted string and a new line, using the same semantics as Format. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(array<Char[], Int32, Int32) Writes a subarray of characters followed by a line terminator to the text stream. (Inherited from TextWriter.)
Public methodSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 WriteLine(String, Object, Object) Writes out a formatted string and a new line, using the same semantics as Format. (Inherited from TextWriter.)

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Fields

  Name Description
Protected fieldSupported by Silverlight for Windows PhoneSupported by Xbox 360 CoreNewLine Stores the new line characters used for this TextWriter. (Inherited from TextWriter.)

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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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