HexEncoding

Namespace: Babel.Licensing Assembly: Babel.Licensing.dll

Converts between binary data and an hex-encoded string. This class cannot be inherited.

public sealed class HexEncoding : IEncoding

Inheritance

object ← HexEncoding

Implements

IEncoding

Inherited Members

object.GetType(), object.ToString(), object.Equals(object?), object.Equals(object?, object?), object.ReferenceEquals(object?, object?), object.GetHashCode()

Constructors

HexEncoding()

public HexEncoding()

Methods

Decode(string)

Decodes the given hex string to its byte representation.

public byte[] Decode(string encoded)

Parameters

Name	Description
encoded string	The encoded string.

Returns

Name	Description
byte[]	The decoded string buffer.

Examples

C#

// Encode and decoding using HexEncoding
HexEncoding hex = new HexEncoding();
byte[] data = Enumerable.Range(1, 10).Select(i => (byte)i).ToArray();

// Encode data byte[]
// 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA
string encoded = hex.Encode(data);

// encoded string
// 0102030405060708090A

// Decode encodes string 
byte[] decoded = hex.Decode(encoded);

// decoded byte[]
// 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA

VB

' Encode and decoding using HexEncoding
Dim hex As New HexEncoding()
Dim data As Byte() = Enumerable.Range(1, 10).[Select](Function(i) CByte(i)).ToArray()

' Encode data byte[]
' 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA
Dim encoded As String = hex.Encode(data)

' encoded string
' 0102030405060708090A

' Decode encodes string 
Dim decoded As Byte() = hex.Decode(encoded)

' decoded byte[]
' 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA

Exceptions

Name	Description
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when one or more required arguments are null.

Encode(byte[])

Encodes the given buffer to an hex string.

public string Encode(byte[] buffer)

Parameters

Name	Description
buffer byte[]	The buffer.

Returns

Name	Description
string	The encoded hex string.

Examples

C#

// Encode and decoding using HexEncoding
HexEncoding hex = new HexEncoding();
byte[] data = Enumerable.Range(1, 10).Select(i => (byte)i).ToArray();

// Encode data byte[]
// 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA
string encoded = hex.Encode(data);

// encoded string
// 0102030405060708090A

// Decode encodes string 
byte[] decoded = hex.Decode(encoded);

// decoded byte[]
// 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA

VB

' Encode and decoding using HexEncoding
Dim hex As New HexEncoding()
Dim data As Byte() = Enumerable.Range(1, 10).[Select](Function(i) CByte(i)).ToArray()

' Encode data byte[]
' 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA
Dim encoded As String = hex.Encode(data)

' encoded string
' 0102030405060708090A

' Decode encodes string 
Dim decoded As Byte() = hex.Decode(encoded)

' decoded byte[]
' 0x1 0x2 0x3 0x4 0x5 0x6 0x7 0x8 0x9 0xA

Exceptions

Name	Description
ArgumentNullException	Thrown when one or more required arguments are null.

IsValidChar(char)

Query if the given character is a valid hex character.

public bool IsValidChar(char value)

Parameters

Name	Description
value char	The input character.

Returns

Name	Description
bool	true if valid character, false if not.

TryDecode(string, out byte[])

Attempts to decode from the given data.

public static bool TryDecode(string encoded, out byte[] buffer)

Parameters

Name	Description
encoded string	The encoded string.
buffer byte[]	[out] The buffer.

Returns

Name	Description
bool	true if it succeeds, false if it fails.