BuildManager.ReadCachedFile(String) Method

Definition

Reads a cached file.

public:
 static System::IO::Stream ^ ReadCachedFile(System::String ^ fileName);
public static System.IO.Stream ReadCachedFile (string fileName);
static member ReadCachedFile : string -> System.IO.Stream
Public Shared Function ReadCachedFile (fileName As String) As Stream

Parameters

fileName
String

The name of the file to read.

Returns

The Stream object for the file, or null if the file does not exist.

Remarks

This method and the CreateCachedFile method enable you to perform caching that persists across application domain restarts in partial-trust environments. It is used by the MVC framework to cache results of the controller lookup.

To retrieve cached data, you read from the Stream object that is returned by this method.

Applies to