Microsoft® .NET Compact Framework (Core Reference)

System.Text Namespace

The System.Text namespace contains classes that represent ASCII, Unicode, UTF-7, and UTF-8 character encodings and classes that convert blocks of characters to and from blocks of bytes. This namespace is implemented in Mscorlib.dll. Table A-23 lists the classes in the System.Text namespace.

Table A-23. Classes in the System.Text Namespace

Class	Description
ASCIIEncoding	Represents an ASCII character encoding of Unicode characters.
Decoder	Converts encoded blocks of bytes into blocks of Unicode characters.
Encoder	Converts blocks of Unicode characters into encoded blocks of bytes.
Encoding	Represents a character encoding.
MLangCodePageEncoding	Represents a character encoding specified using a Code Page value. This ...