UTF7Encoding Class
Represents a UTF-7 encoding of Unicode characters.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Encoding is the process of transforming a set of Unicode characters into a sequence of bytes. Decoding is the process of transforming a sequence of encoded bytes into a set of Unicode characters.
The UTF-7 encoding represents Unicode characters as sequences of 7-bit ASCII characters. This encoding supports certain protocols for which it is required, most often e-mail or newsgroup protocols. Since UTF-7 is not particularly secure or robust, UTF-8 should normally be preferred to UTF-7.
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UTF7Encoding does not provide error detection. For security reasons, the application should use UTF8Encoding, UnicodeEncoding, or UTF32Encoding and enable error detection. |
For more information about the UTFs and other encodings supported by System.Text, see Understanding Encodings and Using Unicode Encoding.
The GetByteCount method determines how many bytes result in encoding a set of Unicode characters, and the GetBytes method performs the actual encoding.
Likewise, the GetCharCount method determines how many characters result in decoding a sequence of bytes, and the GetChars and GetString methods perform the actual decoding.
UTF7Encoding corresponds to the Windows code page 65000.
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The state of a UTF-7 encoded object is not preserved if the object is serialized and deserialized using different .NET Framework versions. |
The following code example demonstrates how to use a UTF7Encoding to encode a string of Unicode characters and store them in a byte array. Notice that when the byte array is decoded back to a string, no data is lost.
Imports System Imports System.Text Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings Class UTF7EncodingExample Public Shared Sub Main() ' Create a UTF-7 encoding. Dim utf7 As New UTF7Encoding() ' A Unicode string with two characters outside a 7-bit code range. Dim unicodeString As String = _ "This Unicode string contains two characters " & _ "with codes outside a 7-bit code range, " & _ "Pi (" & ChrW(928) & ") and Sigma (" & ChrW(931) & ")." Console.WriteLine("Original string:") Console.WriteLine(unicodeString) ' Encode the string. Dim encodedBytes As Byte() = utf7.GetBytes(unicodeString) Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine("Encoded bytes:") Dim b As Byte For Each b In encodedBytes Console.Write("[{0}]", b) Next b Console.WriteLine() ' Decode bytes back to string. ' Notice Pi and Sigma characters are still present. Dim decodedString As String = utf7.GetString(encodedBytes) Console.WriteLine() Console.WriteLine("Decoded bytes:") Console.WriteLine(decodedString) End Sub End Class
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