Tag: reflection

This is something I do frequently, and I always forget the streaming syntax, so here it is. There are couple of ways to do this. Firstly, from an application:

1. From the properties panel, set the Build Action as Resource and the Copy to Output Directory as Copy Always
2. From code this can then be accessed with:

public class ListOfStrings: List
{
    //@ctor
    public ListOfStrings()
    {
        string line;

        StreamResourceInfo sri = App.GetResourceStream(new Uri("Namespace;component/filename.txt", UriKind.Relative));
        using (TextReader tr = new StreamReader(sri.Stream))
        {
            while ((line = tr.ReadLine()) != null)
            {
                Add(tr.ReadLine());
            }
        }
    }
}

NOTE: Namespace;component/filename.txt: the Namespace and filename have to be replaced. Leave in the component syntax

In a class library, it is slightly different.

1. From the properties panel, set the Build Action as Embedded Resource
2. From code this can then be accessed with:

public class ListOfStrings: List
    {
        //@ctor
        public ListOfStrings()
        {
            string line;

            Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
            Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Namespace.ResourceFolder.Filename.txt");

            using (TextReader tr = new StreamReader(stream))
            {
                while ((line = tr.ReadLine()) != null)
                {
                    Add(tr.ReadLine());
                }
            }
        }
    }

Obviously, both examples return at list of string objects, one object per line.