Xceed .NET Libraries Documentation
Decompress(Byte[]) Method


Xceed.Compression.Formats Assembly > Xceed.Compression.Formats Namespace > ZLibCompressedStream Class > Decompress Method : Decompress(Byte[]) Method
An array of bytes to decompress.
Decompresses an array of ZLib formatted compressed bytes.
Syntax
'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Shared Function Decompress( _
   ByVal buffer() As Byte _
) As Byte()
'Usage
 
Dim buffer() As Byte
Dim value() As Byte
 
value = ZLibCompressedStream.Decompress(buffer)
public static byte[] Decompress( 
   byte[] buffer
)

Parameters

buffer
An array of bytes to decompress.

Return Value

An array of bytes containing the decompressed data.
Remarks

If the original data contained within the decompressed byte array was a string, then it is possible to retrieve the string using the System.Text.Encoding.GetString(System.Byte[]) method of the System.Text.Encoding class.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

See Also

Reference

ZLibCompressedStream Class
ZLibCompressedStream Members
Overload List