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Is it possible somehow to close StreamReader after calling ReadToEnd method in construction like this:
string s = new StreamReader("filename", Encoding.UTF8).ReadToEnd();
Any alternative elegant construction with the same semantics will be also accepted.
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1 Answer. No, there is no need to explicitly call reader. Close if the reading process is inside a using block. By using a using statement (that sounds awkward out loud) everything will be closed and disposed when the code exits the block.
ReadToEnd assumes that the stream knows when it has reached an end. For interactive protocols in which the server sends data only when you ask for it and does not close the connection, ReadToEnd might block indefinitely because it does not reach an end, and should be avoided.
The StreamReader and StreamWriter classes are used for reading from and writing data to text files. These classes inherit from the abstract base class Stream, which supports reading and writing bytes into a file stream.
I think the method you're really after is File.ReadAllText, if you're just trying to read all the text from a file in the shortest possible code.
If you don't specify the encoding, it will use UTF-8 automatically.
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