Re: Using XmlTextWriter without closing the base stream

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Marc Gravell wrote:

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Forgetting about streams and writers; if I have an object that is a:
disposable and b: I feel ownership for (in particular if I explicitely
created it), then my instinct tells me that I should dispose of that object.
Due to encapsulation, it isn't necessarily my business to know *exactly*
what is going on under the hood, for instance it could be using a windows
handle, a file, a database resource etc - not my problem.

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I entirely agree. I have my own class which might help you with further
such issues:
NonClosingStreamWrapper, which is in my miscellaneous utility library
(although I note I don't mention it on the front page,
unfortunately...)

http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/miscutil/

Jon

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