C# Encoding GetPreamble
Description
Encoding GetPreamble When overridden in a derived class,
returns a sequence of bytes that specifies the encoding used.
Syntax
Encoding.GetPreamble has the following syntax.
public virtual byte[] GetPreamble()
Returns
Encoding.GetPreamble method returns
Example
The following example determines the byte order of the encoding based on the preamble.
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using System;
using System.Text;
class GetPreambleExampleClass
{
static void Main()
{
Encoding unicode = Encoding.Unicode;
byte[] preamble = unicode.GetPreamble();
if(preamble.Length >= 2)
{
if(preamble[0] == 0xFE && preamble[1] == 0xFF)
{
Console.WriteLine("The Unicode encoder is encoding in big-endian order.");
}
else if(preamble[0] == 0xFF && preamble[1] == 0xFE)
{
Console.WriteLine("The Unicode encoder is encoding in little-endian order.");
}
}
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
