/**
   * Exception indicating invalid base-encoded input encountered while decoding.
   *
   * @author Louis Wasserman
   * @since 15.0
   */
  public static final class DecodingException extends IOException {
    DecodingException(@Nullable String message) {
      super(message);
    }
  }

  /** Encodes the specified byte array, and returns the encoded {@code String}. */
  public String encode(byte[] bytes) {

        original.setCapability(Smb2ChannelCapabilities.NETWORK_INTERFACE_CAP_RSS);

        byte[] encoded = original.encode();
        assertEquals(Smb2ChannelCapabilities.NETWORK_INTERFACE_INFO_SIZE, encoded.length);

        NetworkInterfaceInfo decoded = NetworkInterfaceInfo.decode(encoded, 0);
        assertNotNull(decoded);
        assertEquals(original.getAddress(), decoded.getAddress());

/**
 * The first two bytes of each value is a header that includes its tag (field ID) and length.
 */
internal data class DerHeader(
  /**
   * Namespace of the tag.
   *
   * This value is encoded in bits 7 and 8 of the first byte of each value.
   *
   * ```
   * 0b00xxxxxx Universal
   * 0b01xxxxxx Application
   * 0b10xxxxxx Context-Specific
   * 0b11xxxxxx Private
   * ```
   */
  var tagClass: Int,

JSON can only contain UTF-8 encoded strings, so it can't contain raw bytes.

Base64 can encode binary data in strings, but to do it, it needs to use more characters than the original binary data, so it would normally be less efficient than regular files.

		MountPath: "/tmp/drive1",
		ID:        "uuid",
		Error:     "",
	}

	var buf bytes.Buffer
	gob.NewEncoder(&buf).Encode(v)
	encoded := buf.Bytes()
	b.Log("Size:", buf.Len(), "bytes")
	b.SetBytes(1)
	b.ReportAllocs()

	for b.Loop() {
		dec := gob.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBuffer(encoded))
		err := dec.Decode(&v)
		if err != nil {
			b.Fatal(err)
		}
	}
}

            // Create and encode
            FileEndOfFileInformation original = new FileEndOfFileInformation(testValue);
            byte[] buffer = new byte[8];
            int encoded = original.encode(buffer, 0);

            assertEquals(8, encoded);

            // Decode into new instance
            FileEndOfFileInformation decoded = new FileEndOfFileInformation();

	IV        []byte
	Nonce     []byte
	Bytes     []byte
}

// UnmarshalJSON parses the given text as JSON-encoded
// ciphertext.
//
// UnmarshalJSON provides backward-compatible unmarsahaling
// of existing ciphertext. In the past, ciphertexts were
// JSON-encoded. Now, ciphertexts are binary-encoded.
// Therefore, there is no MarshalJSON implementation.
func (c *ciphertext) UnmarshalJSON(text []byte) error {
	const (

     *            The data to encode
     * @return The encoded data, or an empty string if the input is null or empty
     */
    public static String encode(final byte[] inData) {
        if (ArrayUtil.isEmpty(inData)) {
            return "";
        }
        return Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(inData);
    }

    /**
     * Decodes data encoded in Base64.
     * <p>

        // Reset buffer position for decoding
        buf.reset();
        NdrHyper decoded = new NdrHyper(0);
        decoded.decode(buf);
        assertEquals(original, decoded.value, "Decoded value should match encoded value");
    }

    /**
     * Parameterised test for a selection of edge and typical values.
     */
    @ParameterizedTest(name = "Encode and decode {0}")

                }
                try {
                    final String encoded = serializeParameters(parameters);
                    if (encoded.length() > fessConfig.getCookieSearchParameterMaxLengthAsInteger()) {
                        logger.warn("Encoded search parameters exceed the maximum cookie length: {} > {}. Skipping cookie storage.",
                                encoded.length(), fessConfig.getCookieSearchParameterMaxLengthAsInteger());