How to Call NetworkStream.Read() Without Blocking?

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I'd like to empty read buffer of the socket so I wrote follow code... ``` byte[] tempBuffer = new byte[1024]; int readCount = 0; while ((readCount = tcpSocket.GetStream().Read(tempBuffer, 0, tempBuffer.Length)) != 0) { // do with tempBuffer } ``` But Read() method is blocked so I added tcpSocket.ReceiveTimeout = 1;. And it works just like before. As I know, this is usually used in C++. How can I solve this problem?

Accepted Answer

You can use the DataAvailable property to see if there is anything to be read before making a call into the Read method.

How to Call NetworkStream.Read() Without Blocking?

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