System.Reflection.Assembly.Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream C# (CSharp) Method

		public virtual Stream GetManifestResourceStream (String name)
		{
			if (name == null)
				throw new ArgumentNullException ("name");
			if (name.Length == 0)
				throw new ArgumentException ("String cannot have zero length.",
					"name");

			ManifestResourceInfo info = GetManifestResourceInfo (name);
			if (info == null)
				return null;

			if (info.ReferencedAssembly != null)
				return info.ReferencedAssembly.GetManifestResourceStream (name);
			if ((info.FileName != null) && (info.ResourceLocation == 0)) {
				if (fromByteArray)
#if NET_2_0
					throw new FileNotFoundException (info.FileName);
#else
					return null;
#endif

				string location = Path.GetDirectoryName (Location);
				string filename = Path.Combine (location, info.FileName);
#if NET_2_1 && !MONOTOUCH
				// we don't control the content of 'info.FileName' so we want to make sure we keep to ourselves
				filename = Path.GetFullPath (filename);
				if (!filename.StartsWith (location))
					throw new SecurityException ("non-rooted access to manifest resource");
#endif
				return new FileStream (filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
			}

			int size;
			Module module;
			IntPtr data = GetManifestResourceInternal (name, out size, out module);
			if (data == (IntPtr) 0)
				return null;
			else {
				UnmanagedMemoryStream stream;
				unsafe {
					stream = new UnmanagedMemoryStream ((byte*) data, size);
				}

				/* 
				 * The returned pointer points inside metadata, so
				 * we have to increase the refcount of the module, and decrease
				 * it when the stream is finalized.
				 */
				stream.Closed += new EventHandler (new ResourceCloseHandler (module).OnClose);
				return stream;
			}
		}