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TextWriter Class

Represents a writer that can write a sequential series of characters. This class is abstract.

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

Syntax

public abstract class TextWriter : IDisposable

Remarks

TextWriter is the abstract base class of StreamWriter and StringWriter, which write characters to streams and strings, respectively. Create an instance of TextWriter to write an object to a string, write strings to a file, or to serialize XML. You can also use an instance of TextWriter to write text to a custom backing store using the same APIs you would use for a string or a stream, or to add support for text formatting.

All the Write methods of TextWriter having primitive data types as parameters write out the values as strings.

By default, a TextWriter is not thread safe. See TextWriter.Synchronized for a thread-safe wrapper.

Version Information

Available in .NET Micro Framework version 3.0 and above.

See Also

Reference

TextWriter Members
System.IO Namespace