Culture-Sensitive VB.NET Method

using System.Text

Public Overridable Function GetBytes(chars As Char()) As Byte()

Public Overridable Function GetBytes(s As String) As Byte()

Public Overridable Function GetBytes(chars As Char(), index As Integer, count As Integer) As Byte()

PublicOverridable Function GetBytes(chars As Char*, charCount As Integer, bytes As Byte*, byteCount As Integer) As Integer

Public MustOverride Function GetBytes(chars As Char(), charIndex As Integer, charCount As Integer,
bytes As Byte(), byteIndex As Integer) As Integer

Public Overridable Function GetBytes(s As String, charIndex As Integer, charCount As Integer,
bytes As Byte(), byteIndex As Integer) As Integer

Internationalization (I18n) Method Overview

Encodes a set of characters into a sequence of bytes.

For more information see Microsoft's MSDN online documentation.