UTF8 encode and decode VB.Net


Public Function XUTF8_Decode(ByVal pStr As String) As String
Dim Buffer As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim vChar() As Char = pStr.ToCharArray()
Dim vutf8data(vChar.Length) As Byte
'vutf8data = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(pStr)
For i = 0 To (vChar.Length - 1)
vutf8data(i) = System.Convert.ToByte(vChar(i))
Next
Buffer = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(vutf8data)
'Return .
XUTF8_Decode = Buffer
End Function

Public Function XUTF8_Encode(ByVal pStr As String) As String
Dim vutf8Encoding As New System.Text.UTF8Encoding
Dim vencodedString() As Byte
Dim vStringRes As String

vencodedString = vutf8Encoding.GetBytes(pStr)
vStringRes = vutf8Encoding.GetString(vencodedString)
'Return
XUTF8_Encode = vStringRes
End Function