how to convert System.IO.Stream into string and then back to System.IO.Stream

Question

I have property of Stream type

public System.IO.Stream UploadStream { get; set; } 

How can I convert it into a string and send on to other side where I can again convert it into System.IO.Stream?

Answer 1

I don't know what do you mean by converting a stream to a string. Also what's the other side?

In order to convert a stream to a string you need to use an encoding. Here's an example of how this could be done if we suppose that the stream represents UTF-8 encoded bytes:

using (var reader = new StreamReader(foo.UploadStream, Encoding.UTF8)) {     string value = reader.ReadToEnd();     // Do something with the value } 

Answer 2

After some searching , other answers to this question suggest you can do this without knowing / using the string's encoding . Since a stream is just bytes , those solutions are limited at best . This solution considers the encoding:

    public static String ToEncodedString(this Stream stream, Encoding enc = null)     {         enc = enc ?? Encoding.UTF8;          byte[] bytes = new byte[stream.Length];         stream.Position = 0;         stream.Read(bytes, 0, (int)stream.Length);         string data = enc.GetString(bytes);          return enc.GetString(bytes);     } 

source - http://www.dotnetfunda.com/codes/show/130/how-to-convert-stream-into-string

String to Stream - https://stackoverflow.com/a/35173245/183174