Copying NetworkStream to MemoryStream takes infitity ∞ days

Question

I\'ve following code:

_clientRequestStream = _tcpClient.GetStream();

var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
_clientRequestStream.CopyTo(memoryStream);
         


        

Answer 1

This will block indefinitely I believe until the underlying connection is closed, in which case I assume it would throw an IOException. Be careful with thinking of NetworkStream like a normal Stream. TCPClient.GetStream() is a nice abstraction which saves you the hassle of using Socket directly, but it's easy to fall into traps like these using synchronous operations with NetworkStream. It's worth checking out the specific MSDN documentation on NetworkStream.

Here's a nice example of using async sockets as opposed to TCP client: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/83102/C-SocketAsyncEventArgs-High-Performance-Socket-Cod