Stream and its Usage of C#

STREAM AND ITS USAGE OF C#

STREAM

^Ø   In C#, all I/O operations are handled using streams. A stream is an abstraction of continuous one way flow of data.

^Ø   Stream is the abstract base class of all streams. A stream is an abstraction of a sequence of bytes, such as a file, an input/output device, an inter-process communication pipe, or a TCP/IP socket.

^Ø   Streams helps to achieve

·  Persistent storage of objects

·  Transmitting objects between nodes in a network

·  Encrypting message streams

·  Data compression

^Ø   A stream is a path along which data flows. Once the link is established by associating the stream with Source/Destination,Data Flow commences.

^Ø   An analogy can be flow of water in a pipe from a tank to a bucket. The tank is the source of water and the bucket is the destination.

^Ø   The pipe is a path along which water flows. The tap controls the flow of water. Opening the tap commences the flow of water. Closing the tap stops the flow of water.

^Ø   A similar concept of datqa flow from source to destination is achieved using stgreams in c#.

^Ø   A stream is a path along which data flows.