convert string to memory stream - Memory stream is not expandable?

Question

i was trying to write a string to a memory stream, but failed with the error message:

Memory stream is not expandable.

the line of code that pr

Answer 1

A custom stream that appends the data would be more appropriate.

Minimally tested. Assumes that you want the text written when the stream is flushed, and then only once.

public class AppendTextFilter : Stream
{
    private Stream Filter { get; set; }
    private string Text { get; set; }
    private bool TextWritten { get; set; }

    public AppendTextFilter( Stream filter, string text )
    {
        this.Filter = filter;
        this.Text = text;
    }

    public override bool CanRead { get { return Filter.CanRead; } }

    public override bool CanSeek { get { return Filter.CanSeek; } }

    public override bool CanWrite { get { return Filter.CanWrite; } }

    public override void Flush()
    {
        if (!TextWritten)
        {
            var bytes = Encoding.UTF7.GetBytes( Text );
            Filter.Write( bytes, 0, bytes.Length );
            TextWritten = true;
        }
        Filter.Flush();
    }

    public override long Length { get { return Filter.Length + Text.Length; } }

    public override long Position
    {
        get
        {
            return Filter.Position;
        }
        set
        {
            Filter.Position = value;
        }
    }

    public override int Read( byte[] buffer, int offset, int count )
    {
        return Filter.Read( buffer, offset, count );
    }

    public override long Seek( long offset, SeekOrigin origin )
    {
        return Filter.Seek( offset, origin );
    }

    public override void SetLength( long value )
    {
        Filter.SetLength( value );
    }

    public override void Write( byte[] buffer, int offset, int count )
    {
        Filter.Write( buffer, offset, count );
    }
}