FileStream.IsAsync Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.IO

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

FileStream.cs

Gets a value that indicates whether the FileStream was opened asynchronously or synchronously.

public:
 virtual property bool IsAsync { bool get(); };

public virtual bool IsAsync { get; }

member this.IsAsync : bool

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property IsAsync As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the FileStream was opened asynchronously; otherwise, false.

Examples

This code example is part of a larger example provided for the FileStream(String, FileMode, FileAccess, FileShare, Int32, Boolean) constructor.

int main()
{
   
   // Create a synchronization object that gets 
   // signaled when verification is complete.
   ManualResetEvent^ manualEvent = gcnew ManualResetEvent( false );
   
   // Create the data to write to the file.
   array<Byte>^writeArray = gcnew array<Byte>(100000);
   (gcnew Random)->NextBytes( writeArray );
   FileStream^ fStream = gcnew FileStream(  "Test#@@#.dat",FileMode::Create,FileAccess::ReadWrite,FileShare::None,4096,true );
   
   // Check that the FileStream was opened asynchronously.
   Console::WriteLine( "fStream was {0}opened asynchronously.", fStream->IsAsync ? (String^)"" : "not " );
   
   // Asynchronously write to the file.
   IAsyncResult^ asyncResult = fStream->BeginWrite( writeArray, 0, writeArray->Length, gcnew AsyncCallback( &FStream::EndWriteCallback ), gcnew State( fStream,writeArray,manualEvent ) );
   
   // Concurrently do other work and then wait 
   // for the data to be written and verified.
   manualEvent->WaitOne( 5000, false );
}

static void Main()
{
    // Create a synchronization object that gets
    // signaled when verification is complete.
    ManualResetEvent manualEvent = new ManualResetEvent(false);

    // Create random data to write to the file.
    byte[] writeArray = new byte[100000];
    new Random().NextBytes(writeArray);

    FileStream fStream =
        new FileStream("Test#@@#.dat", FileMode.Create,
        FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None, 4096, true);

    // Check that the FileStream was opened asynchronously.
    Console.WriteLine("fStream was {0}opened asynchronously.",
        fStream.IsAsync ? "" : "not ");

    // Asynchronously write to the file.
    IAsyncResult asyncResult = fStream.BeginWrite(
        writeArray, 0, writeArray.Length,
        new AsyncCallback(EndWriteCallback),
        new State(fStream, writeArray, manualEvent));

    // Concurrently do other work and then wait
    // for the data to be written and verified.
    manualEvent.WaitOne(5000, false);
}

// Create a synchronization object that gets
// signaled when verification is complete.
let manualEvent = new ManualResetEvent false

// Create random data to write to the file.
let writeArray = Array.zeroCreate 100000
Random.Shared.NextBytes writeArray

let fStream =
    new FileStream("Test#@@#.dat", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite, FileShare.None, 4096, true)

// Check that the FileStream was opened asynchronously.

if fStream.IsAsync then "" else "not "
|> printfn "fStream was %sopened asynchronously."

// Asynchronously write to the file.
let asyncResult =
    fStream.BeginWrite(
        writeArray,
        0,
        writeArray.Length,
        AsyncCallback endWriteCallback,
        State(fStream, writeArray, manualEvent)
    )

// Concurrently do other work and then wait
// for the data to be written and verified.
manualEvent.WaitOne(5000, false) |> ignore

Shared Sub Main()

    ' Create a synchronization object that gets 
    ' signaled when verification is complete.
    Dim manualEvent As New ManualResetEvent(False)

    ' Create random data to write to the file.
    Dim writeArray(100000) As Byte
    Dim randomGenerator As New Random()
    randomGenerator.NextBytes(writeArray)

    Dim fStream As New FileStream("Test#@@#.dat", _
        FileMode.Create, FileAccess.ReadWrite, _
        FileShare.None, 4096, True)

    ' Check that the FileStream was opened asynchronously.
    If fStream.IsAsync = True
        Console.WriteLine("fStream was opened asynchronously.")
    Else
        Console.WriteLine("fStream was not opened asynchronously.")
    End If

    ' Asynchronously write to the file.
    Dim asyncResult As IAsyncResult = fStream.BeginWrite( _
        writeArray, 0, writeArray.Length, _
        AddressOf EndWriteCallback , _
        New State(fStream, writeArray, manualEvent))

    ' Concurrently do other work and then wait
    ' for the data to be written and verified.
    manualEvent.WaitOne(5000, False)
End Sub

Remarks

The IsAsync property detects whether the FileStream handle was opened asynchronously, enabling your code to use the Handle property correctly. In Win32, IsAsync being true means the handle was opened for overlapped I/O, and thus requires different parameters to ReadFile and WriteFile.

You specify this value when you create an instance of the FileStream class using a constructor that has an isAsync, useAsync, or options parameter. When the property is true, the stream utilizes overlapped I/O to perform file operations asynchronously. However, the IsAsync property does not have to be true to call the ReadAsync, WriteAsync, or CopyToAsync method. When the IsAsync property is false and you call the asynchronous read and write operations, the UI thread is still not blocked, but the actual I/O operation is performed synchronously.

See also

• File and Stream I/O
• How to: Read Text from a File
• How to: Write Text to a File