BerConverter.Decode(String, Byte[]) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.DirectoryServices.Protocols

Assembly:

System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.dll

Package:

System.DirectoryServices.Protocols v9.0.0-rc.2.24473.5

The Decode(String, Byte[]) method decodes a binary representation of the data, using BER, to retrieve structured data.

public:
 static cli::array <System::Object ^> ^ Decode(System::String ^ format, cli::array <System::Byte> ^ value);

public static object[] Decode (string format, byte[] value);

static member Decode : string * byte[] -> obj[]

Public Shared Function Decode (format As String, value As Byte()) As Object()

Parameters

format

String

The format string.

value

Byte[]

An array of BER data.

Returns

Object[]

The decoded data.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

The format parameter contains a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

ArgumentException

The format parameter contains an undefined character.

BerConversionException

The underlying decoding fails. The decoding rules include the following.

Code	Corresponding Result
'{' '}' '[' ']' 'n' 'x'	No corresponding result
'i' 'e'	int
'b'	bool
'a'	string
'O'	byte[]
'B'	byte[] containing bit strings
'v'	string[]
'V'	byte[][]