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ContentManager extensions

ContentManager.OpenStream​

System.IO.Stream ContentManager.OpenStream(string filename)

OpenStream allows easy access to TitleContainer.OpenStream so you can use the Game.Content object to load compiled resources and included resources.

// my-file.txt is in the RootDirectory
var stream = Content.OpenStream("my-file.txt");
// do something with file
stream.Close();

ContentManager.GetGraphicsDevice​

GraphicsDevice ContentManager.GetGraphicsDevice()

GetGraphicsDevice returns the current GraphicsDevice from the services.

var graphicsDevice = Content.GetGraphicsDevice();
var width = graphicsDevice.DisplayMode.Width;

ContentReader extensions

The ContentReader extensions help when writing your own content pipeline readers.

ContentReader.GetGraphicsDevice​

GraphicsDevice ContentManager.GetGraphicsDevice()

GetGraphicsDevice returns the current GraphicsDevice to help when loading content for the current display.

public class MyTypeReader : ContentTypeReader<MyType> 
{
    protected override MyType Read(ContentReader reader, MyType existingInstance)
    {
        var graphicsDevice = reader.GetGraphicsDevice();
    }
}

ContentReader.GetRelativeAssetName​

string ContentReader.GetRelativeAssetName(string relativeName)

GetRelativeAssetName helps when your content type loads a different type, and you want to know the name to give ContentManager.Load.

public class MyTypeReader : ContentTypeReader<MyType> 
{
    protected override MyType Read(ContentReader reader, MyType existingInstance)
    {
        var assetName = reader.GetRelativeAssetName(reader.ReadString());
        var other = reader.ContentManager.Load<OtherType>(assetName);
    }
}