Binary Class

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Represents an immutable block of binary data.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
System.Data.Linq.Binary

Namespace: System.Data.Linq
Assembly: System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Binary _
    Implements IEquatable(Of Binary)

public sealed class Binary : IEquatable<Binary>

The Binary type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	Binary	Initializes a new instance of the Binary class.

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	Name	Description
	Length	Gets the length of the binary object.

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	Name	Description
	Equals(Binary)	Determines whether two binary objects are equal.
	Equals(Object)	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToArray	Returns an array of bytes that represents the current binary object.
	ToString	Returns a String that represents the current binary object. (Overrides Object.ToString().)

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	Name	Description
	Equality	Describes the equality relationship between two binary objects.
	Implicit(array<Byte[] to Binary)	Enables arrays of bytes to be implicitly coerced to the Binary type in a programming language.
	Inequality	Describes the inequality relationship between two binary objects.

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Supported in: Windows Phone OS 7.1

For a list of the operating systems and browsers that are supported by Silverlight, see Supported Operating Systems and Browsers.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.