Decoder Class

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Converts a sequence of encoded bytes into a set of characters.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System. . :: . .Object
System.Text..::..Decoder

Namespace: System.Text
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class Decoder

public abstract class Decoder

public ref class Decoder abstract

[<AbstractClass>]
type Decoder =  class end

public abstract class Decoder

The Decoder type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	Decoder	Initializes a new instance of the Decoder class.

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	Name	Description
	Convert	Converts an array of encoded bytes to UTF-16 encoded characters and stores the result in a character array.
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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To obtain an instance of an implementation of the Decoder class, the application should use the GetDecoder method of an Encoding implementation.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.