How do I generate a stream from a string?

Question

I need to write a unit test for a method that takes a stream which comes from a text file. I would like to do do something like this:

Stream s = GenerateStre         


        

Answer 1

We use the extension methods listed below. I think you should make the developer make a decision about the encoding, so there is less magic involved.

public static class StringExtensions {

    public static Stream ToStream(this string s) {
        return s.ToStream(Encoding.UTF8);
    }

    public static Stream ToStream(this string s, Encoding encoding) {
        return new MemoryStream(encoding.GetBytes(s ?? ""));
    }
}