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Encoding Property

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Gets the Encoding in which the output is written.

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

Syntax

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

Property Value

Type: System.Text. . :: . .Encoding
The Encoding specified in the constructor for the current instance, or UTF8Encoding if an encoding was not specified.

Remarks

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

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

StreamWriter Class

System.IO Namespace