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2.2.3.2.1 CountedString

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The strings in the header section are defined as CountedString. The CountedString has a one-byte format identifier, followed by the length of the encoded string in bytes and the encoded bytes.


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StringEncoding

Length

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StringData (variable)

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StringEncoding (1 byte): A StringEncoding value that identifies whether the string encoding is UTF-8 or Unicode.

Length (4 bytes): An int32 value that specifies the length of StringData in bytes.

StringData (variable): The string data whose length is specified in the Length field and encoding specified in the StringEncoding field.