Networking with Streams
The .NET Framework provides functionalities for data exchange through networks taking advantage of streams; in particular, it exposes the System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream class. Basically reading and writing data via a NetworkStream instance passes through a System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient class’s instance. Code in Listing 19.2 shows how you can both write and read data in such a scenario. See comments in code for explanations.
Listing 19.2 Networking with NetworkStream
There are obviously several ways for data exchange, and ...
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