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Xceed.Compression Assembly / Xceed.Compression Namespace / QuickCompression Class / Decompress Method / Decompress(Byte[],CompressionMethod) Method
An array of bytes to decompress.
A CompressionMethod value representing the compression method that was used to compress the byte array.


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    Decompress(Byte[],CompressionMethod) Method
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    Decompresses an array of compressed bytes specifying the compression method that was used to compress the byte array.
    Syntax
    'Declaration
     
    Public Overloads Shared Function Decompress( _
       ByVal buffer() As Byte, _
       ByVal method As CompressionMethod _
    ) As Byte()
    'Usage
     
    Dim buffer() As Byte
    Dim method As CompressionMethod
    Dim value() As Byte
     
    value = QuickCompression.Decompress(buffer, method)
    public static byte[] Decompress( 
       byte[] buffer,
       CompressionMethod method
    )

    Parameters

    buffer
    An array of bytes to decompress.
    method
    A CompressionMethod value representing the compression method that was used to compress the byte array.

    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.GetBytes(System.Char[]) method of the System.Text.Encoding class.

    The BZip, BWT, and PPMd compression methods are not supported.

    Supported Frameworks

    .NET: net5.0, net5.0-windows, net6.0, net6.0-macos, net6.0-windows, net7.0, net7.0-macos, net7.0-windows, net8.0, net8.0-browser, net8.0-macos, net8.0-windows, net9.0, net9.0-browser, net9.0-macos, net9.0-windows, net10.0, net10.0-browser, net10.0-macos, net10.0-windows.

    .NET Framework: net40, net403, net45, net451, net452, net46, net461, net462, net463, net47, net471, net472, net48, net481.

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