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What is the Best way to deserialize a null-terminated string in .NET?

I am reading a message from my network connection which is serialized as a series of null-terminated strings (and other binary data)

I could read a char at a time using a BinaryReader, until I find a NULL.

Is there a more efficient way that is still simple? I'm expecting strings less than 64 chars in length, but they could be longer.

Solution

  • I think reading byte by byte is a reasonable option, but I would use a BufferedStream to minimize IO on the underlying stream.