XzArchive.SetSource

SetSource(Stream)

Sets the content to be compressed within the archive.

public void SetSource(Stream source)

Parameter	Type	Description
source	Stream	The input stream for the archive.

exception	condition
ArgumentException	The source stream is unseekable.

using (var archive = new XzArchive())
{
    archive.SetSource(new MemoryStream(new byte[] { 0x00, 0xFF }));
    archive.Save("archive.xz");
}

Sets the content to be compressed within the archive.

public void SetSource(FileInfo fileInfo)

Parameter	Type	Description
fileInfo	FileInfo	FileInfo which will be opened as input stream.

exception	condition
SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission to open the fileInfo.
ArgumentException	File path is empty or contains only white spaces.
FileNotFoundException	The file is not found.
UnauthorizedAccessException	Path to file is read-only or is a directory.
ArgumentNullException	fileInfo is null.
DirectoryNotFoundException	The specified path is invalid, such as being on an unmapped drive.
IOException	The file is already open.

using (var archive = new XzArchive()) 
{
    archive.SetSource(new FileInfo("data.bin"));
    archive.Save("archive.xz");
}

Sets the content to be compressed within the archive.

public void SetSource(string sourcePath)

Parameter	Type	Description
sourcePath	String	Path to file which will be opened as input stream.

exception	condition
ArgumentNullException	sourcePath is null.
SecurityException	The caller does not have the required permission to access.
ArgumentException	The sourcePath is empty, contains only white spaces, or contains invalid characters.
UnauthorizedAccessException	Access to file sourcePath is denied.
PathTooLongException	The specified sourcePath, file name, or both exceed the system-defined maximum length. For example, on Windows-based platforms, paths must be less than 248 characters, and file names must be less than 260 characters.
NotSupportedException	File at sourcePath contains a colon (:) in the middle of the string.

using (var archive = new XzArchive()) 
{
    archive.SetSource("data.bin");
    archive.Save("archive.xz");
}