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 * Copyright 2008 Amazon Technologies, Inc. or its affiliates.
 * Amazon, Amazon.com and Carbonado are trademarks or registered trademarks
 * of Amazon Technologies, Inc. or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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package com.amazon.carbonado.raw;

/**
 * 
 *
 * @author Brian S O'Neill
 */
class EncodingConstants {
    static final byte[] EMPTY_BYTE_ARRAY = new byte[0];

    /** Byte to use for null, low ordering */
    static final byte NULL_BYTE_LOW = 0;

    /** Byte to use for null, high ordering */
    static final byte NULL_BYTE_HIGH = (byte)~NULL_BYTE_LOW;

    /** Byte to use for not-null, low ordering */
    static final byte NOT_NULL_BYTE_HIGH = (byte)128;

    /** Byte to use for not-null, high ordering */
    static final byte NOT_NULL_BYTE_LOW = (byte)~NOT_NULL_BYTE_HIGH;

    /** Byte to terminate variable data encoded for ascending order */
    static final byte TERMINATOR = (byte)1;
}