BinaryWriter's Close method

[Barguast]

Is it necessary to call the close method for every BinaryWriter that I
create? Or is it just a way to close the underlying stream? For example is it
OK to do the following:

private void WriteUnicodeStringToStream (Stream s, string string)
{
BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter (s, Encoding.Unicode);
bw.Write (string);
}

As you can see, I don't close the BinaryWriter since I haven't necessarily
done the stream. Is it OK to do this?

As far as I can see, the Close method for a BinaryWriter doesn't do anything
than close the stream, so I assume it is safe... right?

[Lord2702]

If you do not close the binary writer then underlying stream will be open.
If close called on writer the stream will also be closed. check the MSDN
documentation.

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Is it necessary to call the close method for every BinaryWriter that I
create? Or is it just a way to close the underlying stream? For example is it OK to do the following:

private void WriteUnicodeStringToStream (Stream s, string string)
{
BinaryWriter bw = new BinaryWriter (s, Encoding.Unicode);
bw.Write (string);
}

As you can see, I don't close the BinaryWriter since I haven't necessarily
done the stream. Is it OK to do this?

As far as I can see, the Close method for a BinaryWriter doesn't do anything than close the stream, so I assume it is safe... right?