This method clears the internal state of the System.Text.Decoder object. The method clears any state information preserved from a previous call to Decoder.GetChars(Byte*, int, Char*, int, bool) or Decoder.Convert(Byte[], int, int, Char[], int, int, bool, Int32@, Int32@, Boolean@), including trailing bytes at the end of the previous data block.

Your application should call the Decoder.Reset method if it wants to reuse the same decoder even after an exception is thrown by Decoder.GetChars(Byte*, int, Char*, int, bool), Decoder.Convert(Byte*, int, Char*, int, bool, Int32@, Int32@, Boolean@), or Decoder.GetCharCount(Byte*, int, bool), or if the decoder switches streams and begins to decode another stream.