Public Shared Function FromString( _
   ByVal input As String _
) As Salt

public static Salt FromString( 
   string input
)

Salt s = new Salt();
byte[] bytes = new byte[s.Length];
s.CopyTo(bytes, 0);
Assert.AreEqual(s.ToArray(), bytes);
Assert.AreEqual(s.GetHashCode(), Salt.FromBytes(bytes).GetHashCode());

Salt strcpy = Salt.FromString(s.ToString());
Assert.AreEqual(s.ToArray(), strcpy.ToArray());
Assert.AreEqual(s.ToString(), strcpy.ToString());
Assert.AreEqual(s.GetHashCode(), strcpy.GetHashCode());

Dim s As New Salt()
Dim bytes As Byte() = New Byte(s.Length) {}
s.CopyTo(bytes, 0)
Assert.AreEqual(s.ToArray(), bytes)
Assert.AreEqual(s.GetHashCode(), Salt.FromBytes(bytes).GetHashCode())

Dim strcpy As Salt = Salt.FromString(s.ToString())
Assert.AreEqual(s.ToArray(), strcpy.ToArray())
Assert.AreEqual(s.ToString(), strcpy.ToString())
Assert.AreEqual(s.GetHashCode(), strcpy.GetHashCode())