Loading String into FileStream

[Chris Fink]

How do I load a string into a FileStream without going to disk?

For example,

string abc = "This is a string";

How do I load abc into a FileStream?

FileStream input = new FileStream(.... .);

Reason why I am doing this is that a method that I am calling expects a
FileStream but I would prefer to pass it a Filestream generated from a string
instead of a file since it would be extra overhead to create a file from the
string......

[KH]

RE: Loading String into FileStream

Look up the MemoryStream object


"Chris Fink" wrote:
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> How do I load a string into a FileStream without going to disk?
>
> For example,
>
> string abc = "This is a string";
>
> How do I load abc into a FileStream?
>
> FileStream input = new FileStream(.... .);
>
> Reason why I am doing this is that a method that I am calling expects a
> FileStream but I would prefer to pass it a Filestream generated from a string
> instead of a file since it would be extra overhead to create a file from the
> string......
>
>[/color]

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Re: Loading String into FileStream

Chris Fink <ChrisFink@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> How do I load a string into a FileStream without going to disk?
>
> For example,
>
> string abc = "This is a string";
>
> How do I load abc into a FileStream?
>
> FileStream input = new FileStream(.... .);
>
> Reason why I am doing this is that a method that I am calling expects a
> FileStream but I would prefer to pass it a Filestream generated from a string
> instead of a file since it would be extra overhead to create a file from the
> string......[/color]

If you don't want to involve files, you don't want a FileStream. The
parameter to the method you're calling should almost certainly just be
Stream, not FileStream. If it's not, you're out of luck. If it is, you
should use a MemoryStream which wraps the results of Encoding.GetByt es
in whatever encoding you want to use.

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[Chris Fink]

Re: Loading String into FileStream

Can I cast a MemoryStream to a FileStream?

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:
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> Chris Fink <ChrisFink@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote:[color=green]
> > How do I load a string into a FileStream without going to disk?
> >
> > For example,
> >
> > string abc = "This is a string";
> >
> > How do I load abc into a FileStream?
> >
> > FileStream input = new FileStream(.... .);
> >
> > Reason why I am doing this is that a method that I am calling expects a
> > FileStream but I would prefer to pass it a Filestream generated from a string
> > instead of a file since it would be extra overhead to create a file from the
> > string......[/color]
>
> If you don't want to involve files, you don't want a FileStream. The
> parameter to the method you're calling should almost certainly just be
> Stream, not FileStream. If it's not, you're out of luck. If it is, you
> should use a MemoryStream which wraps the results of Encoding.GetByt es
> in whatever encoding you want to use.
>
> --
> Jon Skeet - <skeet@pobox.co m>
> http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
> If replying to the group, please do not mail me too
>[/color]

[Wessel Troost]

Re: Loading String into FileStream

> Can I cast a MemoryStream to a FileStream?[color=blue]
>[/color]
Nope. Where would the FileStream find its FileName property?

But you can cast both to Stream.

Greetings,
Wessel

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Re: Loading String into FileStream

Chris Fink <ChrisFink@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> Can I cast a MemoryStream to a FileStream?[/color]

No, because it isn't one. A FileStream is always backed by a file -
that's why it's called a FileStream.

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