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# Text Plain Format
> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt
MIME type: `text/plain`
ID: `text`
The Text Plain format represents text as a string.
Note that DataWeave parses, encodes, and stores this format into RAM memory.
## Example
This example shows how DataWeave represents Text Plain data.
### Input
The Plain Text data serves as the input payload to the DataWeave source.
```txt
This is text plain
```
### Source
The DataWeave script transforms the Text PLain input payload to the DataWeave (dw) format and MIME
type. It returns a string.
```dataweave
output application/dw
---
payload
```
### Output
Because the DataWeave (dw) output is a string, it is wrapped in quotation marks.
```dataweave
"This is text plain"
```
## Configuration Properties
DataWeave supports the following configuration properties for this format.
### Reader Properties
There are no reader properties for this format.
### Writer Properties
This format accepts properties that provide instructions for writing output data.
Parameter
Type
Default
Description
bufferSize
Number
8192
Size of the buffer writer, in bytes. The value must be greater than 8.
deferred
Boolean
false
Generates the output as a data stream when set to true, and defers the script’s execution until the generated content is consumed.
Valid values are true or false.
encoding
String
null
The encoding to use for the output, such as UTF-8.
## Supported MIME Types
This format supports the following MIME types.