Returns

The next character from the text reader, or -1 if no more characters are available. The default implementation returns -1.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
System.IO.IOException	An I/O error occurred.

Remarks

The System.IO.TextReader class is an abstract class. Therefore, you do not instantiate it in your code. For an example of using the TextReader.Read method, see the StreamReader.Read method.

Requirements