Gets the number of bytes read from the beginning of a buffer, when implemented in a subclass.
[Visual Basic] MustOverride Public ReadOnly Property NumSpecialBytesRead As _ Integer [C#] public int NumSpecialBytesRead {abstract get;} [C++] public: __property virtual int get_NumSpecialBytesRead() = 0; [JScript] public abstract function get NumSpecialBytesRead() : int;
These bytes have special meaning for the encoding. This includes the Unicode and UTF-8 byte order marks (when called on the appropriate Decoder subclass).