TextReader.Null Field
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Provides a TextReader with no data to read from.
Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Shared ReadOnly Null As TextReader
public static readonly TextReader Null
Remarks
Reading from the Null text reader is similar to reading from the end of a stream:
Read and Peek methods return -1.
ReadBlock method returns zero.
ReadLine and ReadToEnd methods return nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
Version Information
Silverlight
Supported in: 5, 4, 3
Silverlight for Windows Phone
Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0
Platforms
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