The System.Text namespace contains types for converting text between encodings, such as ASCII and UTF-8. The namespace also contains the StringBuilder class which can be used to create and modify string values more efficiently than by concatenating String objects. [Edit]

Classes

Type	Reason
ASCIIEncoding	Represents an ASCII character implementation of System.Text.Encoding .
Decoder	Converts blocks of bytes into blocks of characters, maintaining state across successive calls for reading from a System.IO.Stream.
DecoderExceptionFallback	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
DecoderExceptionFallbackBuffer	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
DecoderFallback	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
DecoderFallbackBuffer	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
DecoderFallbackException	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
DecoderReplacementFallback	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
DecoderReplacementFallbackBuffer	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
Encoder	Converts blocks of characters into blocks of bytes.
EncoderExceptionFallback	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
EncoderExceptionFallbackBuffer	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
EncoderFallback	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
EncoderFallbackBuffer	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
EncoderFallbackException	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
EncoderReplacementFallback	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
EncoderReplacementFallbackBuffer	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
Encoding	Represents a character encoding.
EncodingInfo	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
StringBuilder	Represents a mutable string of characters.
UnicodeEncoding	Represents a Unicode implementation of System.Text.Encoding.
UTF32Encoding	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
UTF7Encoding	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.
UTF8Encoding	Represents a UTF8 character System.Text.Encoding.

Enumerations

Type	Reason
NormalizationForm	Documentation for this section has not yet been entered.