Stream.Null Field

Definition

Namespace:

System.IO

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

Stream.cs

A Stream with no backing store.

public: static initonly System::IO::Stream ^ Null;

public static readonly System.IO.Stream Null;

 staticval mutable Null : System.IO.Stream

Public Shared ReadOnly Null As Stream 

Field Value

Stream

Remarks

Use Null to redirect output to a stream that will not consume any operating system resources. When the methods of Stream that provide writing are invoked on Null, the call simply returns, and no data is written. Null also implements a Read method that returns zero without reading data.

See also

• File and Stream I/O
• How to: Read Text from a File
• How to: Write Text to a File