The EncodingType Class

Table 4–5 lists the fields and the one method belonging to the EncodingType class. This class provides a simple enum for SyncML encoding types. These values can be used to specify either simple XML encoding or WBXML encoding during synchronizations with the gateway server.

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