The EncodingType Class

Table 4–4 lists the fields and the one method belonging to the EncodingType class. This class provides a simple enum for OMA DS encoding types. These values can be used to specify either simple XML encoding or WBXML encoding during synchronizations with the Gateway Engine.

The WBXML encoding is a binary WAP encoding standard developed by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) for compressing the OMA DS payloads in order to reduce bandwidth usage on mobile devices.