Public Overloads Shared Function EncodeBytes( _
   ByVal input() As Byte _
) As String

public static string EncodeBytes( 
   byte[] input
)

byte[] all = new byte[256];
for (int i = 0; i < all.Length; i++)
    all[i] = (byte)i;

Assert.AreEqual(AllHex, HexEncoding.EncodeBytes(all));
Assert.AreEqual(0, BinaryComparer.Compare(all, HexEncoding.DecodeBytes(AllHex)));
Assert.AreEqual(0, BinaryComparer.Compare(all, HexEncoding.DecodeBytes(AllHex.ToUpper())));

Dim all As Byte() = New Byte(256) {}
Dim i As Integer = 0
While i < all.Length
    all(i) = DirectCast(i, Byte)
    System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1)
End While

Assert.AreEqual(AllHex, HexEncoding.EncodeBytes(all))
Assert.AreEqual(0, BinaryComparer.Compare(all, HexEncoding.DecodeBytes(AllHex)))
Assert.AreEqual(0, BinaryComparer.Compare(all, HexEncoding.DecodeBytes(AllHex.ToUpper())))