WebUtility Class
.NET Framework 4.5
Provides methods for encoding and decoding URLs when processing Web requests.
Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
The WebUtility type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
   | HtmlDecode(String) | Converts a string that has been HTML-encoded for HTTP transmission into a decoded string. |
| HtmlDecode(String, TextWriter) | Converts a string that has been HTML-encoded into a decoded string, and sends the decoded string to a TextWriter output stream. |
| HtmlEncode(String) | Converts a string to an HTML-encoded string. |
| HtmlEncode(String, TextWriter) | Converts a string into an HTML-encoded string, and returns the output as a TextWriter stream of output. |
| UrlDecode | Converts a string that has been encoded for transmission in a URL into a decoded string. |
| UrlDecodeToBytes | Converts an encoded byte array that has been encoded for transmission in a URL into a decoded byte array. |
| UrlEncode | Converts a text string into a URL-encoded string. |
| UrlEncodeToBytes | Converts a byte array into a URL-encoded byte array. |
The HttpUtility class contains encoding and decoding utility methods for use with HTML-encode strings. The System.Uri class also contains methods and properties that can be used for similar purposes.
Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)
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