StreamWriter.Null Field

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Provides a StreamWriter with no backing store that can be written to, but not read from.

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared ReadOnly Null As StreamWriter
public static readonly StreamWriter Null

Remarks

Use Null to redirect output to a StreamWriter that will not consume any operating system resources.

When the StreamWriter.Write methods are invoked on Null, the call simply returns, and no data is actually written to any backing store.

Version Information

Silverlight

Supported in: 5, 4, 3

Silverlight for Windows Phone

Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1, Windows Phone OS 7.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: Xbox 360, Windows Phone OS 7.0

Platforms

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.