Public Shared Function FromBytes( _
   ByVal bytes() As Byte _
) As Salt

public static Salt FromBytes( 
   byte[] bytes
)

byte[] testValid = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("12345678");
Assert.AreEqual(Salt.Size.b64, Salt.FromBytes(testValid).BitSize);
Assert.AreEqual(testValid, Salt.FromBytes(testValid).ToArray());
testValid = null;

//now test with an odd number of bytes, should always hash to Sha256
byte[] notValid = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("0123456789");
Assert.AreNotEqual(Salt.Size.b64, Salt.FromBytes(notValid).BitSize);
Assert.AreNotEqual(testValid, Salt.FromBytes(notValid).ToArray());

Assert.AreEqual(Salt.Size.b256, Salt.FromBytes(notValid).BitSize);
Assert.AreEqual(Hash.SHA256(notValid).ToArray(), Salt.FromBytes(notValid).ToArray());

Dim testValid As Byte() = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("12345678")
Assert.AreEqual(Salt.Size.b64, Salt.FromBytes(testValid).BitSize)
Assert.AreEqual(testValid, Salt.FromBytes(testValid).ToArray())
testValid = Nothing

'now test with an odd number of bytes, should always hash to Sha256
Dim notValid As Byte() = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("0123456789")
Assert.AreNotEqual(Salt.Size.b64, Salt.FromBytes(notValid).BitSize)
Assert.AreNotEqual(testValid, Salt.FromBytes(notValid).ToArray())

Assert.AreEqual(Salt.Size.b256, Salt.FromBytes(notValid).BitSize)
Assert.AreEqual(Hash.SHA256(notValid).ToArray(), Salt.FromBytes(notValid).ToArray())