Hi,
BinaryReader does not have EndOfStream property. Is it safe to use following code to check if end of stream is reached?
reader.BaseStream.Length>reader.BaseStream.Position
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That's what I've always done in the past and I've never seen a problem with it. The code using it has been in a production environment for 2+ years.
Steve Danner
2010-09-20 15:35:38
Try it on a DeflateStream sometime . . .
Jim Mischel
2010-09-20 15:39:22
And with what kind of stream?
Henk Holterman
2010-09-20 15:40:06
@Jim I did not know that. That's good information, thanks. Henk's answer gets a +1 then.
Steve Danner
2010-09-20 16:36:00
+1
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This won't work as a general solution because it assumes that the BaseStream value supports the Length property. Many Stream implementation do not and instead throw a NotSupportedException. In particular any networking base stream such as HttpRequestStream and NetworkStream
JaredPar
2010-09-20 15:35:46
+2
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It depends. There are various stream types that do not implement the Length or Position property, you'd get a NotSupportedException. NetworkStream for example. Of course, if you'd use such a stream then you really do have to know up front how often to call the BinaryReader.Read() method. So, yes, it's fine.
Hans Passant
2010-09-20 15:35:50