StreamReader.CurrentEncoding Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.IO

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

StreamReader.cs

Gets the current character encoding that the current StreamReader object is using.

public:
 virtual property System::Text::Encoding ^ CurrentEncoding { System::Text::Encoding ^ get(); };

public virtual System.Text.Encoding CurrentEncoding { get; }

member this.CurrentEncoding : System.Text.Encoding

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property CurrentEncoding As Encoding

Property Value

Encoding

The current character encoding used by the current reader. The value can be different after the first call to any Read method of StreamReader, since encoding autodetection is not done until the first call to a Read method.

Examples

The following code example gets the encoding of the specified StreamReader object.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::IO;
using namespace System::Text;

int main()
{
   String^ path = "c:\\temp\\MyTest.txt";
   try
   {
      if ( File::Exists( path ) )
      {
         File::Delete( path );
      }

      //Use an encoding other than the default (UTF8).
      StreamWriter^ sw = gcnew StreamWriter( path,false,gcnew UnicodeEncoding );
      try
      {
         sw->WriteLine( "This" );
         sw->WriteLine( "is some text" );
         sw->WriteLine( "to test" );
         sw->WriteLine( "Reading" );
      }
      finally
      {
         delete sw;
      }

      StreamReader^ sr = gcnew StreamReader( path,true );
      try
      {
         while ( sr->Peek() >= 0 )
         {
            Console::Write( (Char)sr->Read() );
         }

         //Test for the encoding after reading, or at least
         //after the first read.
         Console::WriteLine( "The encoding used was {0}.", sr->CurrentEncoding );
         Console::WriteLine();
      }
      finally
      {
         delete sr;
      }
   }
   catch ( Exception^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( "The process failed: {0}", e );
   }
}

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;

class Test
{
    
    public static void Main()
    {
        string path = @"c:\temp\MyTest.txt";

        try
        {
            if (File.Exists(path))
            {
                File.Delete(path);
            }

            //Use an encoding other than the default (UTF8).
            using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(path, false, new UnicodeEncoding()))
            {
                sw.WriteLine("This");
                sw.WriteLine("is some text");
                sw.WriteLine("to test");
                sw.WriteLine("Reading");
            }

            using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(path, true))
            {
                while (sr.Peek() >= 0)
                {
                    Console.Write((char)sr.Read());
                }

                //Test for the encoding after reading, or at least
                //after the first read.
                Console.WriteLine("The encoding used was {0}.", sr.CurrentEncoding);
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString());
        }
    }
}

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text

Public Class Test

    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim path As String = "c:\temp\MyTest.txt"
        Try
            If File.Exists(path) Then
                File.Delete(path)
            End If

            'Use an encoding other than the default (UTF8).
            Dim sw As StreamWriter = New StreamWriter(path, False, New UnicodeEncoding())
            sw.WriteLine("This")
            sw.WriteLine("is some text")
            sw.WriteLine("to test")
            sw.WriteLine("Reading")
            sw.Close()

            Dim sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(path, True)

            Do While sr.Peek() >= 0
                Console.Write(Convert.ToChar(sr.Read()))
            Loop

            'Test for the encoding after reading, or at least
            'after the first read.
            Console.WriteLine("The encoding used was {0}.", sr.CurrentEncoding)
            Console.WriteLine()

            sr.Close()
        Catch e As Exception
            Console.WriteLine("The process failed: {0}", e.ToString())
        End Try
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.

See also

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