System.StreamExtensions.ReadString C# (CSharp) Method

        public static string ReadString(this Stream stream, Encoding encoding = null)
        {
            encoding = encoding ?? Encoding.UTF8;
            int byteCount = stream.Read7BitEncodedInt();

            var buffer = Buffer;
            if (byteCount > buffer.Length)
                buffer = new byte[byteCount];

            stream.Read(buffer, 0, byteCount);
            return encoding.GetString(buffer, 0, byteCount);
        }