TextReader.Null Field

Definition

Namespace:

System.IO

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

TextReader.cs

Provides a TextReader with no data to read from.

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

public static readonly System.IO.TextReader Null;

 staticval mutable Null : System.IO.TextReader

Public Shared ReadOnly Null As TextReader 

Field Value

TextReader

Remarks

Reading from the Null text reader is similar to reading from the end of a stream:

• The Read and Peek methods return -1.

• The ReadBlock method returns zero.

• The ReadLine method returns null.

• The ReadToEnd method returns an empty string.

See also

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