Stream.Close Method
Definition
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Closes the current stream and releases any resources (such as sockets and file handles) associated with the current stream. Instead of calling this method, ensure that the stream is properly disposed.
public:
virtual void Close();public virtual void Close ();abstract member Close : unit -> unit
override this.Close : unit -> unitPublic Overridable Sub Close ()Remarks
This method calls Dispose, specifying true to release all resources. You do not have to specifically call the Close method. Instead, ensure that every Stream object is properly disposed. You can declare Stream objects within a using block (or Using block in Visual Basic) to ensure that the stream and all of its resources are disposed, or you can explicitly call the Dispose method.
Flushing the stream will not flush its underlying encoder unless you explicitly call an implementation of Flush or Close. Setting AutoFlush to true means that data will be flushed from the buffer to the stream, but the encoder state will not be flushed. This allows the encoder to keep its state (partial characters) so that it can encode the next block of characters correctly. This scenario affects UTF8 and UTF7 where certain characters can be encoded only after the encoder receives the adjacent character or characters.
Attempts to manipulate the stream after the stream has been closed might throw an ObjectDisposedException.
Notes to Inheritors
In derived classes, do not override the Close() method, instead, put all of the Stream cleanup logic in the Dispose(Boolean) method. For more information, see Implementing a Dispose Method.
