Parameters

chars

The char array to encode.

Returns

A byte array containing the encoded representation of chars.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentNullException	chars is null.

Remarks

Operation

As described above.

Note to Inheritors

This method is overridden by types derived from System.Text.Encoding to perform the encoding.

Requirements

Namespace: System.Text
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0