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myWallJSON
myWallJSON

Reputation: 9522

When I Write to NetworkStream of TcpClient when data gets sent?

Having code like

            var stream = _tcpClient.GetStream();
            Serializer.Serialize(stream, message);

Where Serialize can possibly call Write byte by byte I get a little affraid - when stream will send data to server? will it lock to send on each byte? Shall I call flush to ensure all data is sent? Would it be more effective to write to MemoryStream and than Write entire Byte array to stream?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 171

Answers (1)

Jason Malinowski
Jason Malinowski

Reputation: 19031

You'll want to take a look at the NoDelay property. As long as that's false (which is the default), TcpClient won't send a packet on every call to Write. It'll buffer up and only send a full packet when it feels the time is right. Some tweaking of SendBufferSize might also help.

NetworkStream.Flush is documented to do nothing.

And as far as locking -- don't worry about that until your profiler has told you that's a problem. :-)

Upvotes: 2

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