Read(Byte[],Int32,Int32) Method

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When overridden in a derived class, reads a sequence of bytes from the current stream and advances the position within the stream by the number of bytes read.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Overrides Function Read( _
   ByVal buffer() As System.Byte, _
   ByVal offset As System.Integer, _
   ByVal count As System.Integer _
) As System.Integer

public override System.int Read( 
   System.byte[] buffer,
   System.int offset,
   System.int count
)

Parameters

buffer
offset
count

Return Value

The total number of bytes read into the buffer. This can be less than the number of bytes requested if that many bytes are not currently available, or zero (0) if the end of the stream has been reached.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
System.ArgumentException	The sum of offset and count is larger than the buffer length.
System.ArgumentNullException	buffer is a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException	offset or count is negative.
System.IO.IOException	An I/O error occurs.
System.NotSupportedException	The stream does not support reading.
System.ObjectDisposedException	Methods were called after the stream was closed.

Reference

NativeFileStream Class
NativeFileStream Members
Overload List