Shuttle.Streams

Shuttle.Streams provides essential Stream extension methods to simplify common operations like copying and byte array conversion.

Installation

dotnet add package Shuttle.Streams

Stream Extensions

Task<byte[]> ToBytesAsync()

Creates an array of bytes from the given stream. The source stream's position is preserved throughout the operation (it is restored to its original state once the operation completes).

Task<Stream> CopyAsync()

Returns a copy of the given stream as a MemoryStream.

Optimizations:

If the source stream is a MemoryStream and its internal buffer is accessible, CopyAsync will return a read-only MemoryStream over the same buffer (a zero-copy operation). Otherwise, a standard MemoryStream is used and the source data is copied.

Positioning:

• The returned copy will be positioned at 0.
• The source stream's position is preserved (restored to its original state).

Usage

using Shuttle.Streams;

// ... inside an async method ...

// Convert a stream to a byte array
byte[] data = await myStream.ToBytesAsync();

// Create an efficient copy of a stream
using (Stream copy = await myStream.CopyAsync())
{
    // work with the copy, myStream position remains unchanged
}