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title: "EchoStream Class"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/1/echostream-class.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/1/echostream-class.html"
published: "2003-05-01T11:01:00"
updated: "2003-05-01T11:01:00"
tags: [".Net Original"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "This Very nice EchoStream class that lets you map two stream object in which you read into one stream, and the input to that stream is automatically written to the other. It can also do the same for writing - Writing to…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# EchoStream Class

By Roy Osherove May 1, 2003 In [.Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original)

**Historical article** · Originally published May 1, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

This Very nice [EchoStream class](http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/echostream.asp) that lets you map two stream object in which you read into one stream, and the input to that stream is automatically written to the other. It can also do the same for writing - Writing to one stream writes the same to the other stream. basic T-stream functionality. very nice and elegant.

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