Encoding.UTF7 Property
Definition
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Caution
The UTF-7 encoding is insecure and should not be used. Consider using UTF-8 instead.
Gets an encoding for the UTF-7 format.
public:
static property System::Text::Encoding ^ UTF7 { System::Text::Encoding ^ get(); };public static System.Text.Encoding UTF7 { get; }[System.Obsolete("The UTF-7 encoding is insecure and should not be used. Consider using UTF-8 instead.", DiagnosticId="SYSLIB0001", UrlFormat="https://aka.ms/dotnet-warnings/{0}")]
public static System.Text.Encoding UTF7 { get; }static member UTF7 : System.Text.Encoding[<System.Obsolete("The UTF-7 encoding is insecure and should not be used. Consider using UTF-8 instead.", DiagnosticId="SYSLIB0001", UrlFormat="https://aka.ms/dotnet-warnings/{0}")>]
static member UTF7 : System.Text.EncodingPublic Shared ReadOnly Property UTF7 As EncodingProperty Value
An encoding for the UTF-7 format.
- Attributes
Examples
The following example determines the number of bytes required to encode a character array, encodes the characters, and displays the resulting bytes.
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Text;
void PrintCountsAndBytes( array<Char>^chars, Encoding^ enc );
void PrintHexBytes( array<Byte>^bytes );
int main()
{
// The characters to encode:
// Latin Small Letter Z (U+007A)
// Latin Small Letter A (U+0061)
// Combining Breve (U+0306)
// Latin Small Letter AE With Acute (U+01FD)
// Greek Small Letter Beta (U+03B2)
// a high-surrogate value (U+D8FF)
// a low-surrogate value (U+DCFF)
array<Char>^myChars = gcnew array<Char>{
L'z','a',L'\u0306',L'\u01FD',L'\u03B2',L'\xD8FF',L'\xDCFF'
};
// Get different encodings.
Encoding^ u7 = Encoding::UTF7;
Encoding^ u8 = Encoding::UTF8;
Encoding^ u16LE = Encoding::Unicode;
Encoding^ u16BE = Encoding::BigEndianUnicode;
Encoding^ u32 = Encoding::UTF32;
// Encode the entire array, and print out the counts and the resulting bytes.
PrintCountsAndBytes( myChars, u7 );
PrintCountsAndBytes( myChars, u8 );
PrintCountsAndBytes( myChars, u16LE );
PrintCountsAndBytes( myChars, u16BE );
PrintCountsAndBytes( myChars, u32 );
}
void PrintCountsAndBytes( array<Char>^chars, Encoding^ enc )
{
// Display the name of the encoding used.
Console::Write( "{0,-30} :", enc );
// Display the exact byte count.
int iBC = enc->GetByteCount( chars );
Console::Write( " {0,-3}", iBC );
// Display the maximum byte count.
int iMBC = enc->GetMaxByteCount( chars->Length );
Console::Write( " {0,-3} :", iMBC );
// Encode the array of chars.
array<Byte>^bytes = enc->GetBytes( chars );
// Display all the encoded bytes.
PrintHexBytes( bytes );
}
void PrintHexBytes( array<Byte>^bytes )
{
if ( (bytes == nullptr) || (bytes->Length == 0) )
Console::WriteLine( "<none>" );
else
{
for ( int i = 0; i < bytes->Length; i++ )
Console::Write( "{0:X2} ", bytes[ i ] );
Console::WriteLine();
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
System.Text.UTF7Encoding : 18 23 :7A 61 2B 41 77 59 42 2F 51 4F 79 32 50 2F 63 2F 77 2D
System.Text.UTF8Encoding : 12 24 :7A 61 CC 86 C7 BD CE B2 F1 8F B3 BF
System.Text.UnicodeEncoding : 14 16 :7A 00 61 00 06 03 FD 01 B2 03 FF D8 FF DC
System.Text.UnicodeEncoding : 14 16 :00 7A 00 61 03 06 01 FD 03 B2 D8 FF DC FF
System.Text.UTF32Encoding : 24 32 :7A 00 00 00 61 00 00 00 06 03 00 00 FD 01 00 00 B2 03 00 00 FF FC 04 00
*/
using System;
using System.Text;
public class SamplesEncoding {
public static void Main() {
// The characters to encode:
// Latin Small Letter Z (U+007A)
// Latin Small Letter A (U+0061)
// Combining Breve (U+0306)
// Latin Small Letter AE With Acute (U+01FD)
// Greek Small Letter Beta (U+03B2)
// a high-surrogate value (U+D8FF)
// a low-surrogate value (U+DCFF)
char[] myChars = new char[] { 'z', 'a', '\u0306', '\u01FD', '\u03B2', '\uD8FF', '\uDCFF' };
// Get different encodings.
Encoding u7 = Encoding.UTF7;
Encoding u8 = Encoding.UTF8;
Encoding u16LE = Encoding.Unicode;
Encoding u16BE = Encoding.BigEndianUnicode;
Encoding u32 = Encoding.UTF32;
// Encode the entire array, and print out the counts and the resulting bytes.
PrintCountsAndBytes( myChars, u7 );
PrintCountsAndBytes( myChars, u8 );
PrintCountsAndBytes( myChars, u16LE );
PrintCountsAndBytes( myChars, u16BE );
PrintCountsAndBytes( myChars, u32 );
}
public static void PrintCountsAndBytes( char[] chars, Encoding enc ) {
// Display the name of the encoding used.
Console.Write( "{0,-30} :", enc.ToString() );
// Display the exact byte count.
int iBC = enc.GetByteCount( chars );
Console.Write( " {0,-3}", iBC );
// Display the maximum byte count.
int iMBC = enc.GetMaxByteCount( chars.Length );
Console.Write( " {0,-3} :", iMBC );
// Encode the array of chars.
byte[] bytes = enc.GetBytes( chars );
// Display all the encoded bytes.
PrintHexBytes( bytes );
}
public static void PrintHexBytes( byte[] bytes ) {
if (( bytes == null ) || ( bytes.Length == 0 ))
{
Console.WriteLine( "<none>" );
}
else {
for ( int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++ )
Console.Write( "{0:X2} ", bytes[i] );
Console.WriteLine();
}
}
}
/*
This code produces the following output.
System.Text.UTF7Encoding : 18 23 :7A 61 2B 41 77 59 42 2F 51 4F 79 32 50 2F 63 2F 77 2D
System.Text.UTF8Encoding : 12 24 :7A 61 CC 86 C7 BD CE B2 F1 8F B3 BF
System.Text.UnicodeEncoding : 14 16 :7A 00 61 00 06 03 FD 01 B2 03 FF D8 FF DC
System.Text.UnicodeEncoding : 14 16 :00 7A 00 61 03 06 01 FD 03 B2 D8 FF DC FF
System.Text.UTF32Encoding : 24 32 :7A 00 00 00 61 00 00 00 06 03 00 00 FD 01 00 00 B2 03 00 00 FF FC 04 00
*/
Imports System.Text
Public Class SamplesEncoding
Public Shared Sub Main()
' The characters to encode:
' Latin Small Letter Z (U+007A)
' Latin Small Letter A (U+0061)
' Combining Breve (U+0306)
' Latin Small Letter AE With Acute (U+01FD)
' Greek Small Letter Beta (U+03B2)
' a high-surrogate value (U+D8FF)
' a low-surrogate value (U+DCFF)
Dim myChars() As Char = {"z"c, "a"c, ChrW(&H0306), ChrW(&H01FD), ChrW(&H03B2), ChrW(&HD8FF), ChrW(&HDCFF)}
' Get different encodings.
Dim u7 As Encoding = Encoding.UTF7
Dim u8 As Encoding = Encoding.UTF8
Dim u16LE As Encoding = Encoding.Unicode
Dim u16BE As Encoding = Encoding.BigEndianUnicode
Dim u32 As Encoding = Encoding.UTF32
' Encode the entire array, and print out the counts and the resulting bytes.
PrintCountsAndBytes(myChars, u7)
PrintCountsAndBytes(myChars, u8)
PrintCountsAndBytes(myChars, u16LE)
PrintCountsAndBytes(myChars, u16BE)
PrintCountsAndBytes(myChars, u32)
End Sub
Public Shared Sub PrintCountsAndBytes(chars() As Char, enc As Encoding)
' Display the name of the encoding used.
Console.Write("{0,-30} :", enc.ToString())
' Display the exact byte count.
Dim iBC As Integer = enc.GetByteCount(chars)
Console.Write(" {0,-3}", iBC)
' Display the maximum byte count.
Dim iMBC As Integer = enc.GetMaxByteCount(chars.Length)
Console.Write(" {0,-3} :", iMBC)
' Encode the array of chars.
Dim bytes As Byte() = enc.GetBytes(chars)
' Display all the encoded bytes.
PrintHexBytes(bytes)
End Sub
Public Shared Sub PrintHexBytes(bytes() As Byte)
If bytes Is Nothing OrElse bytes.Length = 0 Then
Console.WriteLine("<none>")
Else
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To bytes.Length - 1
Console.Write("{0:X2} ", bytes(i))
Next i
Console.WriteLine()
End If
End Sub
End Class
'This code produces the following output.
'
'System.Text.UTF7Encoding : 18 23 :7A 61 2B 41 77 59 42 2F 51 4F 79 32 50 2F 63 2F 77 2D
'System.Text.UTF8Encoding : 12 24 :7A 61 CC 86 C7 BD CE B2 F1 8F B3 BF
'System.Text.UnicodeEncoding : 14 16 :7A 00 61 00 06 03 FD 01 B2 03 FF D8 FF DC
'System.Text.UnicodeEncoding : 14 16 :00 7A 00 61 03 06 01 FD 03 B2 D8 FF DC FF
'System.Text.UTF32Encoding : 24 32 :7A 00 00 00 61 00 00 00 06 03 00 00 FD 01 00 00 B2 03 00 00 FF FC 04 00
Remarks
UTF-7 encoding is used primarily in environments that historically have been restricted to 7 bits, such as NNTP and some email applications. Because of issues with robustness and security, you should not use UTF-7 encoding in 8-bit environments where UTF-8 encoding can be used instead.
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