.NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1: Base Class Library and Extended Numerics Library

Description

[Note: Following instantiation of a decoder, sequential blocks of bytes are converted into blocks o--f characters through calls to the System.Text.Decoder.GetChars method. The decoder maintains state between the conversions, allowing it to correctly decode a character whose bytes span multiple blocks. This greatly assists decoding streams of bytes into characters. An instance of a specific implementation of the System.Text.Decoder class is typically obtained through a call to the System.Text.Encoding.GetDecoder method of a System.Text.Encoding object.]