switch (form.crudMode) {
        case CrudMode.CREATE:
            return OptionalEntity.of(new Role()).map(entity -> {
                entity.setId(Base64.getUrlEncoder().encodeToString(form.name.getBytes(Constants.CHARSET_UTF_8)));
                return entity;
            });
        case CrudMode.EDIT:
            if (form instanceof EditForm) {

     */
    public String encryptToString(char[] plaintext) throws GeneralSecurityException {
        byte[] encrypted = encryptCredentials(plaintext);
        return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(encrypted);
    }

    /**
     * Decrypt credentials from a base64 string
     *
     * @param encryptedString base64 encoded encrypted credentials
     * @return decrypted credentials

        switch (form.crudMode) {
        case CrudMode.CREATE:
            return OptionalEntity.of(new Group()).map(entity -> {
                entity.setId(Base64.getUrlEncoder().encodeToString(form.name.getBytes(Constants.CHARSET_UTF_8)));
                return entity;
            });
        case CrudMode.EDIT:
            if (form instanceof EditForm) {

                    gos.write(hash.getBytes(Constants.UTF_8));
                }
                return SIMILAR_DOC_HASH_PREFIX + Base64.getUrlEncoder().withoutPadding().encodeToString(baos.toByteArray());
            } catch (final IOException e) {
                logger.warn("Failed to encode similar document hash: hash={}", hash, e);
            }
        }
        return hash;
    }

     */
    public static String base64(final String value) {
        if (value == null) {
            return StringUtil.EMPTY;
        }
        return Base64.getUrlEncoder().encodeToString(value.getBytes(Constants.CHARSET_UTF_8));
    }

    /**
     * Checks if a file exists at the specified path within the servlet context.
     *
     * @param path the file path relative to the servlet context

            final String json = mapper.writeValueAsString(compactList);
            final byte[] compressed = gzipCompress(json.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
            return Base64.getUrlEncoder().withoutPadding().encodeToString(compressed);
        } catch (final Exception e) {
            throw new SearchQueryException("Failed to serialize a query: " + Arrays.toString(parameters), e);
        }
    }

    /**

                                groupList.add(Base64.getUrlEncoder().encodeToString(name.getBytes(Constants.CHARSET_UTF_8)));
                            } else if (lowerEntryDn.indexOf(lowerRoleDn) != -1) {
                                roleList.add(Base64.getUrlEncoder().encodeToString(name.getBytes(Constants.CHARSET_UTF_8)));
                            }
                        });

	metadata[MetaIV] = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(sealedKey.IV[:])
	metadata[MetaSealedKeyS3] = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(sealedKey.Key[:])
	if len(kmsKey) > 0 && keyID != "" { // We use a KMS -> Store key ID and sealed KMS data key.
		metadata[MetaKeyID] = keyID
		metadata[MetaDataEncryptionKey] = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(kmsKey)
	}
	return metadata
}

			MetaIV: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(append([]byte{1}, make([]byte, 31)...)), MetaAlgorithm: SealAlgorithm,
			MetaSealedKeyS3: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(append([]byte{1}, make([]byte, 63)...)), MetaKeyID: "key-1",
			MetaDataEncryptionKey: base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(make([]byte, 48)),
		},
		DataKey: make([]byte, 48), KeyID: "key-1", SealedKey: SealedKey{Algorithm: SealAlgorithm, Key: [64]byte{1}, IV: [32]byte{1}},
	}, // 10
}

	}

	if metadata == nil {
		metadata = make(map[string]string, 3)
	}
	metadata[MetaAlgorithm] = SealAlgorithm
	metadata[MetaIV] = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(sealedKey.IV[:])
	metadata[MetaSealedKeySSEC] = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(sealedKey.Key[:])
	return metadata
}

// ParseMetadata extracts all SSE-C related values from the object metadata