Why C# .NET reads or writes data from the NetworkStream in format of byte array

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hi.. I'm interested in using byte array in C# .net, and why .Net use this sort of array to store , save and transfer data specially in case of transferring data through network,for example Read() method in NetworkStream class :

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NetworkStream clientStream = tcpClient.GetStream();
byte[] message = new byte[4096];
clientStream.Read(message, 0, 4096);

Posted 17-Jul-14 4:46am

HDM91

Updated 17-Jul-14 7:26am

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ZurdoDev 17-Jul-14 11:20am

I'd suggest googling for it. Seems like there should be some good articles on that.

CPallini 17-Jul-14 16:20pm

Because .NET designers found somehow impractical sending oranges over the network.

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Posted 17-Jul-14 4:53am

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HDM91 17-Jul-14 11:09am

its not homework , i am writing a program that transmit data through network and a question Came up in my mind that why we using byte array and why not we use for example a string or primitive datatype to transmit data to networkstream class? thank you

OriginalGriff 17-Jul-14 12:20pm

"It's not homework".
Yeah, right...

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Jagat M · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-17T07:04:00

I have worked on a similar project of transmitting data via network. The UI process was in .NET, we used an adapter (in C++/CLI) for converting data (both primitive and user defined) to binary array because the low level network API's expected the data in terms of byte array. Also we have to break down the larger data into chunks and transfer the same as byte array. Hence it was more or less a constraint for us to change the data types to byte array before transmitting.