Does .Disposing a StreamWriter close the underlying stream?

Question

The StreamWriter.Close() says it also closes the underlying stream of the StreamWriter. What about StreamWriter.Dispose ? Does Dispose also dispose and/or close the underlyi

Answer 1

StreamWriter.Close() just calls StreamWriter.Dispose() under the bonnet, so they do exactly the same thing. StreamWriter.Dispose() does close the underlying stream.

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