FileStream Management

GAT allows one to write and read from a remote or local physical file independent of where the physical file is , independent of the protocols used to access the physical file, and independent of the OS which is managing the physical file. This again seems particularly simple as an idea, but the result of embracing this simple idea is rather powerful. One can read bytes from a physical file on an XBox with the same code used to read bytes from a physical file on a PlayStation, or a AIX box for that matter. GAT isolates the application programmer from the details involved in talking to an XBox, or a PlayStation, or an AIX box. All the application programmer sees is the functionality they need exposed in a crystal clean, transparent manner.

• Creating and Destroying FileStreams
• Reading and Writing on FileStreams
• Seeking on FileStreams