MemoryStream.Capacity Property

Definition

Gets or sets the number of bytes allocated for this stream.

C#
public virtual int Capacity { get; set; }

Property Value

The length of the usable portion of the buffer for the stream.

Exceptions

A capacity is set that is negative or less than the current length of the stream.

The current stream is closed.

set is invoked on a stream whose capacity cannot be modified.

Examples

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the MemoryStream class.

C#
// Write the stream properties to the console.
Console.WriteLine(
    "Capacity = {0}, Length = {1}, Position = {2}\n",
    memStream.Capacity.ToString(),
    memStream.Length.ToString(),
    memStream.Position.ToString());

Remarks

Capacity is the buffer length for system-provided byte arrays. Capacity cannot be set to a value less than the current length of the stream.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0

See also