api/src/main/java/jakarta/json/bind/config/BinaryDataStrategy.java

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package jakarta.json.bind.config;

/**
 * Specifies predefined binary data handling strategies.
 * This strategy can be set via {@link jakarta.json.bind.JsonbConfig#withBinaryDataStrategy(String)}.
 *
 * @see jakarta.json.bind.JsonbConfig
 * @since JSON Binding 1.0
 */
public final class BinaryDataStrategy {

    /**
     * Private constructor to disallow instantiation.
     */
    private BinaryDataStrategy() { };

    /**
     * Using this strategy, binary data is encoded as a byte array.
     * Default encoding strategy.
     */
    public static final String BYTE = "BYTE";

    /**
     * Using this strategy, binary data is encoded using
     * the Base64 encoding scheme as specified in RFC 4648 and RFC 2045.
     */
    public static final String BASE_64 = "BASE_64";

    /**
     * Using this strategy, binary data is encoded using
     * the "URL and Filename safe Base64 Alphabet" as specified in Table 2 of RFC 4648.
     */
    public static final String BASE_64_URL = "BASE_64_URL";
}