Mono Class Library: System.IO.MemoryStream Overview | Members

System.IO.MemoryStream Constructor

Constructs and initializes a new non-resizable instance of the System.IO.MemoryStream class. [Edit]

public MemoryStream (byte[] buffer, int index, int count, bool writable)

Parameters

buffer
The byte array from which to create the new stream. [Edit]
index
A int that specifies the index in buffer at which the stream begins. [Edit]
count
A int that specifies the length of the stream in bytes. [Edit]
writable
A bool that specifies whether the new stream instance supports writing. [Edit]

Exceptions

TypeReason
ArgumentNullExceptionbuffer is null. [Edit]
ArgumentOutOfRangeExceptionindex or count are negative. [Edit]
ArgumentException(index + count ) is greater than the length of buffer. [Edit]

Remarks

The MemoryStream.CanRead and MemoryStream.CanSeek properties of the new System.IO.MemoryStream are set to true. The MemoryStream.Capacity property is set to count. The Stream.CanWrite property is set to writable.

Note: The new stream instance can be written to depending on the value of writable, but the MemoryStream.Capacity of the underlying byte array cannot be changed. The length of the stream cannot be set to a value larger than MemoryStream.Capacity, but the stream can be truncated (see MemoryStream.SetLength(long)).

The new stream does not expose the underlying byte buffer, and calls to the MemoryStream.GetBuffer method throw UnauthorizedAccessException.

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Requirements

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0