EncoderReplacementFallback Class

Note: This class is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

Provides a failure handling mechanism, called a fallback, for an input character that cannot be converted to an output byte sequence. The fallback provides a user-specified replacement string in place of the original input character. This class cannot be inherited.

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

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public NotInheritable Class EncoderReplacementFallback
	Inherits EncoderFallback
'Usage
Dim instance As EncoderReplacementFallback

/** @attribute SerializableAttribute() */ 
public final class EncoderReplacementFallback extends EncoderFallback
SerializableAttribute 
public final class EncoderReplacementFallback extends EncoderFallback

A common reason for an encoding or decoding operation to fail is if the underlying encoding class does not provide a mapping between a character and an equivalent byte sequence. If the input character cannot be converted to an output byte sequence, an EncoderReplacementFallback object substitutes a specified replacement string for the original input character. The conversion process encodes the replacement string and then continues to process the remainder of the original input.

The value of an EncoderReplacementFallback object is the replacement string used to initialize that object.

The following code example demonstrates the EncoderReplacementFallback class.

' This example demonstrates the EncoderReplacementFallback class.
Imports System
Imports System.Text

Class Sample
    Public Shared Sub Main() 
        
        ' Create an encoding, which is equivalent to calling the 
        ' ASCIIEncoding class constructor. 
        ' The EncoderReplacementFallback parameter specifies that the 
        ' string, "(unknown)", replace characters that cannot be encoded. 
        ' A decoder replacement fallback is also specified, but in this 
        ' code example the decoding operation cannot fail.  

        Dim erf As New EncoderReplacementFallback("(unknown)")
        Dim drf As New DecoderReplacementFallback("(error)")
        Dim ae As Encoding = Encoding.GetEncoding("us-ascii", erf, drf)
        
        ' The input string consists of the Unicode characters LEFT POINTING 
        ' DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK (U+00AB), 'X' (U+0058), and RIGHT POINTING 
        ' DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK (U+00BB). 
        ' The encoding can only encode characters in the US-ASCII range of U+0000 
        ' through U+007F. Consequently, the characters bracketing the 'X' character
        ' are replaced with the fallback replacement string, "(unknown)".

        Dim inputString As String = "«X»"
        Dim decodedString As String
        Dim twoNewLines As String = vbCrLf & vbCrLf
        Dim ix As Integer = 0
        Dim numberOfEncodedBytes As Integer = ae.GetByteCount(inputString)
        ' Counteract the compiler adding an extra byte to the array.
        Dim encodedBytes(numberOfEncodedBytes - 1) As Byte
        
        ' --------------------------------------------------------------------------
        Console.Clear()
        
        ' Display the name of the encoding.
        Console.WriteLine("The name of the encoding is ""{0}""." & vbCrLf, ae.WebName)
        
        ' Display the input string in text.
        Console.WriteLine("Input string ({0} characters): ""{1}""", _
                           inputString.Length, inputString)
        
        ' Display the input string in hexadecimal. 
        ' Each element is converted to an integer with Convert.ToInt32.
        Console.Write("Input string in hexadecimal: ")
        Dim c As Char
        For Each c In inputString.ToCharArray()
            Console.Write("0x{0:X2} ", Convert.ToInt32(c))
        Next c
        Console.Write(twoNewLines)
        
        ' --------------------------------------------------------------------------
        ' Encode the input string. 
        Console.WriteLine("Encode the input string...")
        numberOfEncodedBytes = ae.GetBytes(inputString, 0, inputString.Length, _
                                           encodedBytes, 0)
        
        ' Display the encoded bytes. 
        ' Each element is converted to an integer with Convert.ToInt32.
        Console.WriteLine("Encoded bytes in hexadecimal ({0} bytes):" & vbCrLf, _
                           numberOfEncodedBytes)
        ix = 0
        Dim b As Byte
        For Each b In encodedBytes
            Console.Write("0x{0:X2} ", Convert.ToInt32(b))
            ix += 1
            If 0 = ix Mod 6 Then
                Console.WriteLine()
            End If
        Next b
        Console.Write(twoNewLines)
        
        ' --------------------------------------------------------------------------
        ' Decode the encoded bytes, yielding a reconstituted string.
        Console.WriteLine("Decode the encoded bytes...")
        decodedString = ae.GetString(encodedBytes)
        
        ' Display the input string and the decoded string for comparison.
        Console.WriteLine("Input string:  ""{0}""", inputString)
        Console.WriteLine("Decoded string:""{0}""", decodedString)
    
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'Sample
'
'This code example produces the following results:
'
'The name of the encoding is "us-ascii".
'
'Input string (3 characters): "X"
'Input string in hexadecimal: 0xAB 0x58 0xBB
'
'Encode the input string...
'Encoded bytes in hexadecimal (19 bytes):
'
'0x28 0x75 0x6E 0x6B 0x6E 0x6F
'0x77 0x6E 0x29 0x58 0x28 0x75
'0x6E 0x6B 0x6E 0x6F 0x77 0x6E
'0x29
'
'Decode the encoded bytes...
'Input string:  "X"
'Decoded string:"(unknown)X(unknown)"
'

System.Object
   System.Text.EncoderFallback
    System.Text.EncoderReplacementFallback

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

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0

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