CryptoSys PKI Pro Manual

Cnv.CheckUTF8 Method (Byte[])

Checks that a byte array contains only valid UTF-8 encoded characters

Syntax

[C#]
public static int CheckUTF8(
	byte[] b
)
[VB.NET]
Public Shared Function CheckUTF8 ( _
	b As Byte() _
) As Integer

Parameters

b
input byte array to check

Return Value

Zero if the encoded bytes is invalid UTF-8, or a positive number if the input contains valid UTF-8 data, where the value of the number indicates the nature of the encoded characters:

0Not valid UTF-8
1Valid UTF-8, all chars are 7-bit ASCII
2Valid UTF-8, contains at least one multi-byte character equivalent to 8-bit ANSI
3Valid UTF-8, contains at least one multi-byte character that cannot be represented in a single-byte character set

Remarks

'Overlong' UTF-8 sequences and illegal surrogates are rejected as invalid.

See Also

VB6/C equivalent: CNV_CheckUTF8Bytes

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