System.IO Namespace
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The System.IO namespace contains enumerations for file modes, file access, file sharing, and classes for path operations and manipulating streams. Silverlight-based applications do not use the file system of the operating system and are restricted to using isolated storage to persist and access files, so this namespace does not provide any additional functionality. For more information about how Silverlight-based applications use isolated storage, see Isolated Storage.
Classes
Class | Description | |
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BinaryReader | Reads primitive data types as binary values in a specific encoding. | |
BinaryWriter | Writes primitive types in binary to a stream and supports writing strings in a specific encoding. | |
Directory | Exposes static methods for creating, moving, and enumerating through directories and subdirectories. This class cannot be inherited. | |
DirectoryInfo | Exposes instance methods for creating, moving, and enumerating through directories and subdirectories. This class cannot be inherited. | |
DirectoryNotFoundException | Infrastructure. The exception that is thrown when part of a file or directory cannot be found. | |
EndOfStreamException | The exception that is thrown when reading is attempted past the end of a stream. | |
File | Provides static methods for the creation, copying, deletion, moving, and opening of files, and aids in the creation of FileStream objects. | |
FileInfo | Provides instance methods for the creation, copying, deletion, moving, and opening of files, and aids in the creation of FileStream objects. This class cannot be inherited. | |
FileLoadException | The exception that is thrown when a managed assembly is found but cannot be loaded. | |
FileNotFoundException | The exception that is thrown when an attempt to access a file that does not exist fails. | |
FileStream | When it is called by an elevated-trust application, exposes a Stream around a file, supporting both synchronous and asynchronous read and write operations. | |
FileSystemInfo | Provides the base class for both FileInfo and DirectoryInfo objects. | |
IOException | The exception that is thrown when an I/O error occurs. | |
MemoryStream | Creates a stream whose backing store is memory. | |
Path | Performs operations on String instances that contain file or directory path information. These operations are performed in a cross-platform manner. | |
PathTooLongException | The exception that is thrown when a pathname or filename is longer than the system-defined maximum length. | |
Stream | Provides a generic view of a sequence of bytes. | |
StreamReader | Implements a TextReader that reads characters from a byte stream in a particular encoding. | |
StreamWriter | Implements a TextWriter for writing characters to a stream in a particular encoding. | |
StringReader | Implements a TextReader that reads from a string. | |
StringWriter | Implements a TextWriter for writing information to a string. The information is stored in an underlying StringBuilder. | |
TextReader | Represents a reader that can read a sequential series of characters. | |
TextWriter | Represents a writer that can write a sequential series of characters. This class is abstract. | |
UnmanagedMemoryStream | Infrastructure. Provides access to unmanaged blocks of memory from managed code. |
Enumerations
Enumeration | Description | |
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FileAccess | Defines constants for read, write, or read/write access to a file. | |
FileAttributes | Provides attributes for files and directories. | |
FileMode | Specifies how the operating system should open a file. | |
FileShare | Contains constants for controlling the kind of access other IsolatedStorageFileStream objects can have to the same file. | |
SearchOption | Specifies whether to search the current directory, or the current directory and all subdirectories. | |
SeekOrigin | Provides the fields that represent reference points in streams for seeking. |