Get a TextReader from a Stream?
C#.NetIoC# Problem Overview
I'm trying to read an embedded text file with System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(resource);
but it gives me a Stream
. The embedded resource is a text file so, how can I turn this Stream
into a TextReader
?
C# Solutions
Solution 1 - C#
TextReader tr = new StreamReader(stream);
Solution 2 - C#
A StreamReader
is a subclass of TextReader
, so you will be able to do:
using(var stream = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().
GetManifestResourceStream(resource))
using(var reader = new StreamReader(stream))
{
// Use reader.
}
Solution 3 - C#
You can read your resource file like this :
Assembly resourceAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(resourceFile.FullName);
string[] manifests = resourceAssembly.GetManifestResourceNames();
using (ResourceReader reader = new ResourceReader(
resourceAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream(manifests[0])))
{
foreach (IDictionaryEnumerator dict in reader)
{
string key = dict.Key as string;
object val = dict.Value;
}
}
Solution 4 - C#
You need to get a StreamReader from it (TextReader is an abstract base class of StreamReader and StringReader). Something like:
var stream = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().
GetManifestResourceStream(resource);
var reader = new StreamReader(stream);
var text = reader.ReadToEnd();