| 15. 18. 3. The Byte Stream Classes and The Character Stream Wrapper Classes |
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The Byte Stream Classes |
| Stream Class | Description | | BufferedStream | Wraps a byte stream and adds buffering. | | FileStream | A byte stream designed for file I/O. | | MemoryStream | A byte stream that uses memory for storage. |
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The Character Stream Wrapper Classes. |
To create a character stream, wrap a byte stream inside one of C#'s character stream wrappers. |
- The abstract classes TextReader and TextWriter are at the top of the character stream hierarchy.
- TextReader handles input.
- TextWriter handles output.
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