PeterO.IReader

## PeterO.IReader

public interface IReader :
    PeterO.IByteReader

A generic interface for reading bytes of data from a data source.

Member Summary

• [Read(byte[], int, int)](#Read_byte_int_int) - Reads a portion of a byte array from the data source.

### Read

int Read(
    byte[] bytes,
    int offset,
    int length);

Reads a portion of a byte array from the data source.

Parameters:

• bytes: A byte array which will contain the data that was read from the data source.

• offset: An index starting at 0 showing where the desired portion of bytes begins.

• length: The number of elements in the desired portion of bytes (but not more than bytes ‘s length).

Return Value:

The number of bytes read from the data source. Can be less than length if the end of the stream was reached.

Exceptions:

• System.ArgumentNullException: Should be thrown if the parameter bytes is null.

• System.ArgumentException: Should be thrown if either offset or length is less than 0 or greater than bytes ‘s length, or bytes ‘s length minus offset is less than length .

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