Read(Byte[],Int32,Int32) Method

Reads a sequence of bytes from the current stream and advances the position within the stream by the number of bytes read.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Overrides Function Read( _
   ByVal buffer() As System.Byte, _
   ByVal offset As System.Integer, _
   ByVal count As System.Integer _
) As System.Integer

public override System.int Read( 
   System.byte[] buffer,
   System.int offset,
   System.int count
)

Parameters

buffer: An array of values to be read from the stream.
offset: The zero-based byte offset in buffer at which to begin storing the data read from the current stream.
count: The maximum number of bytes to be read from the current stream.

Return Value

The number of bytes read from the stream.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.NotSupportedException	This stream does not support reading.

Remarks

In order to provide faster read/write, this operation doesn't check stream bound. A client must carefully not read/write above the size of this datastream.

Reference

DataStream Class
DataStream Members
Overload List