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IFileHelperEngineTReadStream Method (TextReader)

Read a Stream and return an array of the contained records.

Namespace:  FileHelpers
Assembly:  FileHelpers (in FileHelpers.dll) Version: 3.2.6
Syntax
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T[] ReadStream(
	TextReader reader
)

Parameters

reader
Type: System.IOTextReader
The reader of the source stream.

Return Value

Type: T
An array of the records in the Stream
Remarks
This method only uses the stream and does not close them after using it, you must do it.
Examples
This example shows a simple example of use of the library with a minimum of code:
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using FileHelpers;

// First declare the record class

[Delimitedrecord("|")]
public class SampleType
{
    public string Field1;
    public int    Field2;
}


public void ReadExample()
{
    var engine = new FileHelperEngine<SampleType>();

    var records = engine.ReadFile("source.txt");

    // Now "records" array contains all the records in the
    // sourcefile and can be acceded like this:

    int sum = records[0].Field2 + records[1].Field2;
}
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