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

A good combination of String extensions:

public static byte[] GetBytes(this string str)
{
    byte[] bytes = new byte[str.Length * sizeof(char)];
    System.Buffer.BlockCopy(str.ToCharArray(), 0, bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
    return bytes;
}

public static Stream ToStream(this string str)
{
    Stream StringStream = new MemoryStream();
    StringStream.Read(str.GetBytes(), 0, str.Length);
    return StringStream;
}