Write Method (FormattedCompressedStream)

Writes a sequence of bytes to the current stream and advances the current position within this stream by the number of bytes written.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overrides Sub Write( _
   ByVal buffer() As Byte, _
   ByVal offset As Integer, _
   ByVal count As Integer _
)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As FormattedCompressedStream
Dim buffer() As Byte
Dim offset As Integer
Dim count As Integer
 
instance.Write(buffer, offset, count)

public override void Write( 
   byte[] buffer,
   int offset,
   int count
)

Parameters

buffer: An array of bytes. This method copies count bytes from buffer to the current stream.
offset: The zero-based byte offset in buffer at which to begin copying bytes to the current stream.
count: The number of bytes to be written to the current stream.

Remarks

Use the CanWrite property to determine whether the current instance supports writing.

If the write operation is successful, the position within the stream advances by the number of bytes written. If an exception occurs, the position within the stream remains unchanged.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to read data from a FileStream and compress it to a MemoryStream using the GZipCompressedStream class.

Visual Basic
C#

Imports System.IO
Imports Xceed.Compression
Imports Xceed.Compression.Formats

Dim sourceStream As New FileStream("d:\data.txt", FileMode.Open)

' If you do not want the inner stream to be closed by the GZipCompressedStream
' then set the GZipCompressedStream's Transient property to true.

Dim destinationStream As New MemoryStream()
Dim gzip As New GZipCompressedStream(destinationStream)

'32K at a time.
Dim buffer(32768) As Byte
Dim bytesRead As Integer = 0

' Loop until we have nothing more to read from the source stream.
Do
      bytesRead = sourceStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)
      
      If bytesRead &gt; 0 Then
            gzip.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead)
      End If
Loop Until bytesRead = 0

' Close the source stream and the GZipCompressedStream.
'
' Because the GZipCompressedStream will automatically close the destination
' memory stream, there is no need to call Close once we are done with the stream.

sourceStream.Close()
gzip.Close()

' To get access to the MemoryStream's compressed data, you can use
' Dim compressedData() As Byte = destinationStream.ToArray()
' ToArray() works even when the memory stream is closed.

using System.IO;
using Xceed.Compression;
using Xceed.Compression.Formats;

using( FileStream sourceStream = new FileStream( @"d:\data.txt", FileMode.Open ) )
{
      // Because the GZipCompressedStream will automatically close the destination
      // memory stream, there is no need to declare the memory stream within a using
      // statement or to call Close once we are done with the stream.
      //
      // If you do not want the inner stream to be closed by the GZipCompressedStream
      // then set the GZipCompressedStream's Transient property to true.
      
      MemoryStream destinationStream = new MemoryStream();
      
      using( GZipCompressedStream gzip = new GZipCompressedStream( destinationStream ) )
      { 
            // 32K at a time.
            byte[] buffer = new byte[ 32768 ];
            int bytesRead = 0;
            
            // Loop until we have nothing more to read from the source stream.
            while( ( bytesRead = sourceStream.Read( buffer, 0, buffer.Length  ) ) &gt; 0 )
            {
                  gzip.Write( buffer, 0, bytesRead );
            }
      }
      
      // To get access to the MemoryStream's compressed data, you can use
      // byte[] compressedData = destinationStream.ToArray(); 
      // ToArray() works even when the memory stream is closed.
}

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

FormattedCompressedStream Class
FormattedCompressedStream Members
Base Implementation in Write