4.1. System.IO namespace – streams and file system access
This namespace contains classes and other types used to work (synchronous and asynchronous reading and writing) with data streams and files. The System.IO namespace consists of classes that implement streams, streams readers, and writers, as well as classes used to work with the file system. Figure 4.1 shows most of the classes in the System.IO namespace.
Figure 4.1. The main classes in the System.IO namespace
Streams
The Stream class is an abstract view of a sequence of bytes. Derived classes provide more specific functionality – working with files (FileStream class), memory (MemoryStream ...
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