WindowsRuntimeBufferExtensions.AsBuffer Method (array<Byte>[]()[])

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11/23/2015

For apps that target Windows Phone OS 7.0 and 7.1, do not use any members of this type in your app. If you do, your code will throw a MethodAccessException. This type is security-critical, which restricts it to internal use by the .NET Framework for Windows Phone class library.

[SECURITY CRITICAL]

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Returns a Windows.Storage.Streams.IBuffer interface that represents the specified byte array.

This API is not CLS-compliant.

Namespace: System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime
Assembly: System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime (in System.Runtime.WindowsRuntime.dll)

Syntax

<ExtensionAttribute> _
<CLSCompliantAttribute(False)> _
Public Shared Function AsBuffer ( _
    source As Byte() _
) As IBuffer

[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public static IBuffer AsBuffer(
    this byte[] source
)

Parameters

source
Type: array<System..::.Byte>[]()[]
The array to represent.

Return Value

Type: Windows.Storage.Streams..::.IBuffer
A Windows.Storage.Streams.IBuffer interface that represents the specified byte array.

Usage Note

In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type . When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter.

Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0