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c#multithreadingstream
Bitterblue
Bitterblue

Reputation: 14085

C# - Write Data To A Stream + Read Data With Another Stream

Right now I have a StreamWriter and a StreamReader, 1 file that holds the (text) data, at least 2 threads. 1 thread is a listener and reads the data. The other thread writes stuff into the stream.

Can I avoid using a file as the memory buffer ?

I thought it might be possible to connect the 2 streams from both ends. But dunno how. I create the writer that writes to the file. Then I start a thread that creates a reader that reads from this file and does his work. It works but I want to avoid the file thingy.

// writer
StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(new FileStream("text.txt", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.Read));
writer.AutoFlush = true;
// reader
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(new FileStream("text.txt", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite));

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1002

Answers (1)

Jim Mischel
Jim Mischel

Reputation: 134105

I published something I called ProducerConsumerStream that will do this. It's an in-memory stream that allows one reader and one writer. It's a fixed-size circular buffer that allows a consumer to read as fast as the producer can write. See Building a new type of stream.

Upvotes: 1

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