BufferedStream

BufferedStream

marshal by reference, disposable

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System.IO (mscorlib.dll)

sealed class

This type buffers read and write operations to a stream. Because the I/O devices are usually the slowest part of the machine, it usually makes sense to write larger amounts of data at a time, so buffering can improve I/O performance dramatically.

Note that many of the Stream -based types automatically buffer data or represent resources that also buffer data, not only in the System.IO namespace, but also in other namespaces. For example, the filesystem usually has several buffers in place at various levels. This type, however, offers some optimization capabilities, since data won't be sent to the underlying Stream until this object's buffer is full. This can help with accidental flushing in the middle of sensitive operations, such as a tightly executing loop.

 public sealed class  BufferedStream  : Stream {  // Public Constructors  public  BufferedStream  (Stream   stream   );    public  BufferedStream  (Stream   stream   , int   bufferSize   );  // Public Instance Properties  public override bool  CanRead  {get; }  // overrides Stream  public override bool  CanSeek  {get; }  // overrides Stream  public override bool  CanWrite  {get; }  // overrides Stream  public override long  Length  {get; }  // overrides Stream  public override long  Position  {set; get; }  // overrides Stream   // Public Instance Methods  public override void  Close  ( );  // overrides Stream  public override void  Flush  ( );  // overrides Stream  public override int  Read  (in byte[ ]   array   , int   offset   , int   count   )  // overrides Stream  public override int  ReadByte  ( );  // overrides Stream  public override long  Seek  (long   offset   , SeekOrigin   origin   );  // overrides Stream  public override void  SetLength  (long   value   );  // overrides Stream  public override void  Write  (byte[ ]   array   , int   offset   , int   count   )  // overrides Stream  public override void  WriteByte  (byte   value   );  // overrides Stream  } 

Hierarchy

System.Object System.MarshalByRefObject Stream(System.IDisposable) BufferedStream