Buffer Class
Manipulates arrays of primitive types.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The Buffer type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() ![]() ![]() | BlockCopy | Copies a specified number of bytes from a source array starting at a particular offset to a destination array starting at a particular offset. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | ByteLength | Returns the number of bytes in the specified array. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | GetByte | Retrieves the byte at a specified location in a specified array. |
![]() ![]() ![]() | SetByte | Assigns a specified value to a byte at a particular location in a specified array. |
Buffer only affects arrays of primitive types; this class does not apply to objects. Each primitive type is treated as a series of bytes without regard to any behavior or limitation associated with the primitive type.
Buffer provides methods to copy bytes from one array of primitive types to another array of primitive types, get a byte from an array, set a byte in an array, and obtain the length of an array. This class provides better performance for manipulating primitive types than similar methods in the System.Array class.
Buffer is applicable to the following primitive types: Boolean, Char, SByte, Byte, Int16, UInt16, Int32, UInt32, Int64, UInt64, IntPtr, UIntPtr, Single, and Double.
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
