PdfEncoding Class

Represents a base class for all types used for transforming a String into a sequence of bytes and vice versa.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
SautinSoft.Pdf.TextPdfEncoding

Namespace: SautinSoft.Pdf.Text
Assembly: SautinSoft.Pdf (in SautinSoft.Pdf.dll) Version: 2025.11.10

Syntax

public abstract class PdfEncoding : IPdfEncoding

Public MustInherit Class PdfEncoding
	Implements IPdfEncoding

The PdfEncoding type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	ASCII	Gets the ASCII encoding.
	Byte	Gets the Byte encoding.
	PDFDoc	Gets the PDFDoc encoding.
	UTF16BE	Gets the UTF-16 Big Endian encoding with leading byte order mark.
	WinAnsi	Gets the Windows ANSI encoding.

Methods

	Name	Description
	GetByteCount	Calculates the number of bytes produced by encoding the characters in the specified string.
	GetBytes	Encodes a set of characters from the specified string into the specified byte array.
	GetMaxByteCount	Calculates the maximum number of bytes produced by encoding the specified number of characters.
	GetString	Decodes a sequence of bytes from the specified byte array into a string.

Extension Methods

	Name	Description
	GetBytes	Encodes all the characters in the specified string into a sequence of bytes. (Defined by PdfEncodingExtensions)
	GetString	Decodes a sequence of bytes from the specified byte array into a string. (Defined by PdfEncodingExtensions)