Namespace: System.Text

The System.Text namespace contains classes representing ASCII, Unicode, UTF-7, and UTF-8 character encodings; abstract base classes for converting blocks of characters to and from blocks of bytes; and a helper class that manipulates and formats String objects without creating intermediate instances of String.

Members of System.Text Namespace

Class	Description
class ASCIIEncoding	Represents an ASCII character encoding of Unicode characters.
class Decoder	Converts encoded blocks of bytes into blocks of Unicode characters.
class Encoder	Converts blocks of Unicode characters into encoded blocks of bytes.
class Encoding	Represents a character encoding.
class StringBuilder	Represents a mutable string of characters. This class cannot be inherited.
class UnicodeEncoding	Represents a UTF-16 encoding of Unicode characters.
class UTF7Encoding	Represents a UTF-7 encoding of Unicode characters.
class UTF8Encoding	Represents a UTF-8 encoding of Unicode characters.

• System.Object
• System.Text.Decoder
• System.Text.Encoder
• System.Text.Encoding
• System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
• System.Text.UnicodeEncoding
• System.Text.UTF7Encoding
• System.Text.UTF8Encoding
• System.Text.StringBuilder