Method ReadAsync

Performs a read operation of the stream

protected virtual Task<int> ReadAsync(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count, CancellationToken cancellationToken)

Type	Name	Description
byte[]	buffer	The buffer to write the data into.
int	offset	The byte offset in buffer at which to begin writing data from the stream.
int	count	The maximum number of bytes to read.
CancellationToken	cancellationToken	The token to monitor for cancellation requests. The default value is System.Threading.CancellationToken.None.

Type	Description
Task<int>	A task that represents the asynchronous read operation. The value of the TResult parameter contains the total number of bytes read into the buffer. The result value can be less than the number of bytes requested if the number of bytes currently available is less than the requested number, or it can be 0 (zero) if the end of the stream has been reached.

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