Both System.Text.Encoding and its workhorse System.Text.Decoder provide straight-through means to decode raw bytes into a string when the string size is known in advance:
System.Text.Decoder.GetChars(Byte[],Int32,Int32,Char[],Int32)System.Text.Encoding.GetChars(Byte[],Int32,Int32)System.Text.Encoding.GetString(Byte[],Int32,Int32)However, when that is not the case, and the string end must be determined by searching for a specific character (terminator; generally not a NUL), — what are the standard methods for this? Are there any functions like those below?
IndexOf(Char terminator,Byte[] buffer,Int32 start,Int32 maxsize)EnumerateChars(Byte[] buffer,Int32 start,Int32 count,SomeDelegateType callback)Surprisingly, I was unable to find any, so I am wondering whether I am missing something obvious. If not, then how is this task usually accomplished — without making any assumptions on the encoding (take EBCDIC for example)?