How to enlarge a List(of String)(bytes) - vb.net

Question

I have a variable Queue in which I write information from a stream. The variable is initiated as follows:
Public Shared Queue As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)(1024)
The code to read the stream is
Public Shared Sub ReadStreamForever(ByVal stream As Stream)
Dim encoder = New UTF8Encoding()
Dim buffer = New Byte(2047) {}
Dim counter as Integer = 0
While True
If stream.CanRead Then
Dim len As Integer = stream.Read(buffer, 0, 2048)
Counter = Counter + 1
If len > 0 Then
Dim text = encoder.GetString(buffer, 0, len)
SSEApplication.Push(text)
Else
Exit While
End If
Else
Exit While
End If
End While
End Sub
Where the push methode just does a few string manipulation and adds line after line into the Queue Variable
Public Shared Sub Push(ByVal text As String)
If String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(text) Then
Return
End If
Dim lines = text.Trim().Split(vbLf)
SSEApplication.Queue.AddRange(lines)
End Sub
I have different big datasets I want to stream but the Queue length after filling it up is always 2691, so it looks like it is kind of limited in length. I just do not know where I limit the Queue Variable and how to enlarge it. Could anyone help me here?

Answer 1

In general, List doesn't have fixed length, Add method resizes List and makes space for another element.
If you want to have fixed length, you could use simple array: Dim Queue(1024) As string
But then, you will get an exception when trying to add more elements, so you can check the condition in Push method:
If lines.Count < 1024 Then
SSEApplication.Queue.AddRange(lines)
End If
That check will also prevent having more than 1024 elements when using List, but if you have collection of fixed length, I would recommend using simple array.
Useful resource: Arrays in Visual Basic, there you can also read, how to enlarge array, when you want to add extra elements using ReDim keyword.