TextWriter.Encoding Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.IO

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

TextWriter.cs

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

public:
 abstract property System::Text::Encoding ^ Encoding { System::Text::Encoding ^ get(); };

public abstract System.Text.Encoding Encoding { get; }

member this.Encoding : System.Text.Encoding

Public MustOverride ReadOnly Property Encoding As Encoding

Property Value

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.

For a list of common I/O tasks, see Common I/O Tasks.

See also

• StreamWriter
• StringWriter
• File and Stream I/O
• How to: Read Text from a File
• How to: Write Text to a File