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Using .NET’s SerialPort Class

Table 9-2: Applications have many choices when reading from a SerialPort object.

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SerialPort Read Byte array or subarray.

Char array or subarray.

Wa i t s f o r a t

least 1 Byte

or Char

ReadByte Byte. yes

ReadChar Char. yes

ReadExisting String. no

ReadLine String to first NewLine. (Discards NewLine.) yes

ReadTo String to first specified Char. (Discards

specified Char.)

yes

BinaryReader Read Integer containing a character code.

Byte array or subarray.

Char array or subarray.

yes

ReadBoolean Boolean. yes

ReadByte Byte. yes

ReadBytes Byte array. yes

ReadChar Char. yes

ReadChars Char array. yes

ReadDecimal Decimal. yes

ReadDouble Double. yes

ReadInt16 Int16. yes

ReadInt32 Int32. yes

ReadInt64 Int64. yes

ReadSByte SByte. yes

ReadSingle Single. yes

ReadString String prefixed with length. yes

ReadUInt16 UInt16. yes

ReadUInt32 UInt32. yes

ReadUint64 UInt64. yes

StreamReader Read Integer containing a character code.

Char array or subarray.

Wa i t s f o r a t

least 1 Char

ReadBlock Char array or subarray. yes

ReadLine String up to a NewLine. (Discards NewLine.) yes