Attaching a StreamReader object to a stream

 
/*
C# Programming Tips & Techniques
by Charles Wright, Kris Jamsa
 
 
Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill (December 28, 2001)
ISBN: 0072193794
*/
 
 
// StrmRdr.cs -- Demonstrates attaching a StreamReader object to a stream
//
//               Compile this program with the following command line:
//   C:>csc StrmRdr.cs
using System;
using System.IO;
 
 
namespace nsStreams
{
    public class StrmRdr
    {
        static public void Main (string [] args)
        {
            if (args.Length == 0)
            {
Console.WriteLine ("Please enter a file name");
return;
            }
            FileStream strm;
            StreamReader reader;
            try
            {
// Create the stream
strm = new FileStream (args[0], FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
// Link a stream reader to the stream
reader = new StreamReader (strm);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
Console.WriteLine (e.Message);
Console.WriteLine ("Cannot open " + args[0]);
return;
            }
            while (reader.Peek() >= 0)
            {
string text = reader.ReadLine ();
Console.WriteLine (text);
            }
            reader.Close ();
            strm.Close ();
        }
    }
}