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Ajay Kelkar
Ajay Kelkar

Reputation: 4621

Can I return a StreamReader from a method?

Can I return a StreamReader from a method ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 708

Answers (2)

Tarydon
Tarydon

Reputation: 5183

Sure. Using normal IDispose semantics, here is how it would look:

  StreamReader MakeStreamReader () {
     return new StreamReader ("somefile.txt");
  }

  void Caller () {
     using (StreamReader r = MakeStreamReader ()) 
        Console.WriteLine (r.ReadToEnd ());
  }

Upvotes: 1

Michael Petrotta
Michael Petrotta

Reputation: 60902

Yes, of course. It's not a great idea, though - you're creating the StreamReader in one method, and closing it in another. It's better practice to create and close the reader in one method.

Upvotes: 5

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