Save to a stream without taking ownership

[scasteran-jw]

Hi, are there any plans to add back a Save(Stream) method that would allow saving the compound file as a snapshot, without taking ownership of it?

Basically, something like this:

void Save(Stream stream)
{
    Context.Stream.CopyAllTo(stream);
}

Asking because with the current design, if I want to get a stream representation of the compound file that survives the compound file, I need to clone the stream before disposing the RootStorage.

Thank you!

[jeremy-visionaid]

The original stream is accessible through RootStorage.BaseStream so you can do this already - but you're responsible for closing and/or flushing any existing streams that might have been modified, otherwise the snapshot will likely be corrupt.

[jeremy-visionaid]

Oh, but I forgot to answer your question - I don't have any plans for that. If other folk show an interest and/or want to submit a PR for it, then sure. But it's not something the current API blocks you from doing, so not particularly high priority currently.

[scasteran-jw]

Thank you very much for the answer! I had not noticed BaseStream was public. 🤦