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Gapotchenko.FX.Data.Encoding.Base16 2026.7.2

Overview

The module provides the implementation of binary-to-text encoding algorithms belonging to the Base16 family.

Quick Start

Use the following code to get the textual representation of the specified data in Base16 encoding:

using Gapotchenko.FX.Data.Encoding;

var encodedText = Base16.GetString(data);

To get the data back from the textual representation, use the following method:

var decodedData = Base16.GetBytes(encodedText);

Static Methods vs Interface

Base16 encoding classes provide a set of convenient static methods that represent the most commonly used operations. For a more general and full use, however, the classes implement ITextDataEncoding interface which can be accessed via the Instance property of the corresponding encoding class.

Iterative Data Processing

If you need to encode the data iteratively then the following approach becomes handy:

var encoding = Base16.Instance;

// Create a streaming encoder that iteratively encodes the data and
// writes the encoded text to the specified text writer.
var stream = encoding.CreateEncoder(textWriter);

// Iteratively stream the data to encode.
stream.Write(...); // block 1
// ...
stream.Write(...); // block N

// Flush the data to the underlying text writer.
stream.Flush();

The same approach is valid for the decoding operation which is the opposite of the encoding:

var encoding = Base16.Instance;

// Create a streaming decoder that iteratively reads the encoded text
// from the specified text reader and decodes the data on the fly.
var stream = encoding.CreateDecoder(textReader);

// Iteratively stream the decoded data.
stream.Read(...); // block 1
// ...
stream.Read(...); // block N

The streaming encoder and decoder can be used to iteratively transcode the data from one encoding to another.

Available Base16 Algorithms

Base16 family of binary-to-text data encodings consists of the following algorithms with predefined parameters:

* Data encoding efficiency is the ratio between the amount of original data and its encoded representation.

Custom Base16 Algorithms

Once in a while, you may encounter a custom Base16 algorithm that is neither widely known nor characterized. In that case, you can instantiate a custom data encoding algorithm with the desired parameters by hand. For example:

var encoding = new CustomBase16("ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠ");

If you want to formalize the custom algorithm even further, you may opt in to create a separate class for it with a convenient accessor property:

/// <summary>
/// Defines a custom Base16 data encoding algorithm.
/// </summary>
sealed class FooBase16 : CustomBase16
{
 FooBase16() :
 base("ΑΒΓΔΕΖΗΘΙΚΛΜΝΞΟΠ")
 {
 }

 public static FooBase16 Instance { get; } = new();
}

That will allow you to use the algorithm effortlessly from several places in the codebase later:

var encodedText = FooBase16.Instance.GetString(...);

Commonly Used Types

• Gapotchenko.FX.Data.Encoding.Base16

Other Modules

Let's continue with a look at some other modules provided by Gapotchenko.FX:

• Gapotchenko.FX
• Gapotchenko.FX.AppModel.Information
• Gapotchenko.FX.Collections
• Gapotchenko.FX.Console
• Gapotchenko.FX.Data
  • Gapotchenko.FX.Data.Archives
  • Gapotchenko.FX.Data.Encoding
    • ➴ Gapotchenko.FX.Data.Encoding.Base16
    • Gapotchenko.FX.Data.Encoding.Base24
    • Gapotchenko.FX.Data.Encoding.Base32
    • Gapotchenko.FX.Data.Encoding.Base64
  • Gapotchenko.FX.Data.Integrity.Checksum
• Gapotchenko.FX.Diagnostics
• Gapotchenko.FX.IO
• Gapotchenko.FX.Linq
• Gapotchenko.FX.Math
• Gapotchenko.FX.Memory
• Gapotchenko.FX.Security.Cryptography
• Gapotchenko.FX.Text
• Gapotchenko.FX.Threading
• Gapotchenko.FX.Tuples
• Gapotchenko.FX.Versioning

Or look at the full list of modules.