WindowsRuntimeBufferExtensions.AsBuffer Method (array<Byte>[]()[], Int32, Int32)

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 a range of bytes in 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

<CLSCompliantAttribute(False)> _
<ExtensionAttribute> _
Public Shared Function AsBuffer ( _
    source As Byte(), _
    offset As Integer, _
    length As Integer _
) As IBuffer
[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
public static IBuffer AsBuffer(
    this byte[] source,
    int offset,
    int length
)

Parameters

  • source
    Type: array<System..::.Byte>[]()[]
    The array that contains the range of bytes that is represented by the IBuffer.
  • length
    Type: System..::.Int32
    The length of the range that is represented by the IBuffer.

Return Value

Type: Windows.Storage.Streams..::.IBuffer
An IBuffer interface that represents the specified range of bytes in source.

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

See Also

Reference

WindowsRuntimeBufferExtensions Class

AsBuffer Overload

System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime Namespace