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Encoding Property

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When overridden in a derived class, returns the character encoding in which the output is written.

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  System.IO (in System.IO.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property Encoding As Encoding
public abstract Encoding Encoding { get; }
public:
virtual property Encoding^ Encoding {
    Encoding^ get () abstract;
}
abstract Encoding : Encoding with get
abstract function get Encoding () : Encoding

Property Value

Type: System.Text. . :: . .Encoding
The character encoding in which the output is written.

Remarks

This property is necessary for some XML scenarios where a header must be written containing the encoding used by the TextWriter. This enables the XML code to consume an arbitrary TextWriter and generate the correct XML header.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

TextWriter Class

System.IO Namespace