.NET Common Language Runtime Unleashed

System.Console

This class has already been used extensively throughout this book, but you might not be aware of a couple of points. This class allows the programmer to “redirect” the standard input, standard output, and standard error. This is how a managed application can be included as part of a Web page and the output appears on the generated Web page. In addition, it is possible for the programmer to acquire a stream associated with standard error, standard output, and standard input rather than taking the defaults in the Write, WriteLine, Read, and ReadLine methods.