Blocking StreamReader.Read(...) in C#

[jouhou]

Hi,im trying to implement unblocking reading from network stream, this causes me headaches:

StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(layer);
ret = sr.Read(buffer, 0, 1024);

Reads first 47 chars from network stream, it is end of line.
Next attempt will end in indefinite block.

Any attempt of:
sr.Peek(); - block too
sr.EndOfStream == true; - block too

Any attempt of reading, checking status from network stream causes freeze.

What to do ? Thanks.

 

[JurkMonkey]

Why are you still reading if it's the end of the transmission?

Is it a constant listener? This would need to be in a separate thread.