Stream.CanRead
Property
Definition
When overridden in a derived class, gets a value indicating whether the current stream supports reading.
public abstract bool CanRead { get; }
Property Value
true if the stream supports reading; otherwise, false.
Examples
The following is an example of using the CanRead property.
using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
int main( void )
{
FileStream^ fs = gcnew FileStream( "MyFile.txt",FileMode::OpenOrCreate,FileAccess::Read );
if ( fs->CanRead && fs->CanWrite )
{
Console::WriteLine( "MyFile.txt can be both written to and read from." );
}
else
{
Console::WriteLine( "MyFile.txt is not writable" );
}
return 0;
}
using System;
using System.IO;
class TestRW
{
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
FileStream fs = new FileStream("MyFile.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Read);
if (fs.CanRead && fs.CanWrite)
{
Console.WriteLine("MyFile.txt can be both written to and read from.");
}
else if (fs.CanRead)
{
Console.WriteLine("MyFile.txt is not writable.");
}
}
}
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Class TestRW
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim fs As New FileStream("MyFile.txt", FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Read)
If fs.CanRead And fs.CanWrite Then
Console.WriteLine("MyFile.txt can be both written to and read from.")
Else
If fs.CanRead Then
Console.WriteLine("MyFile.txt is not writable.")
End If
End If
End Sub
End Class
Remarks
If a class derived from Stream does not support reading, calls to the Read, ReadByte, and BeginRead methods throw a NotSupportedException.
If the stream is closed, this property returns false.