Re: [DotGNU]how to find ByteOrder Marks

[Gopal V]

If memory serves me right, minddog wrote:
> I don't know how to find these marks from a streamFragment since I am unsure 
> if there is a class that already does this.  Anyone help me out here? =)
> 
>       // TODO: find byte order mark 
> // // EF BB BF = utf8
> // // FE FF = utf16/ucs-2 little endian
> // // FF FE = utf16/ucs-2, big endian
> // // FF FE 00 00 = UTF-32/ucs-4, little endian
> // // 00 00 FE FF = UTC-32/UCS-4, big endian
>       // else ...
> // encoding = System.Text.UT8Encoding(true);

Check the System.IO.StreamReader for its DetectByteOrder() private
function. IMHO it should be a great help . But this process needs
to use some kind of buffering.

That aside , you could use StreamReader for all places you need to 
read a stream with Encoding :-)

Gopal
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