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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 the Text Plain format.
### Reader Properties
There are no reader properties for Text Plain data.
### Writer Properties
The Text Plain format accepts properties that provide instructions for writing output data.
Parameter
Type
Default
Description
bufferSize
Number
8192
Size of the writer buffer.
deferred
Boolean
false
When set to true, DataWeave generates the output as a data stream, and the script’s execution is deferred until it is consumed. Valid values are true or false.
encoding
String
null
Encoding for the writer to use.
## Supported MIME Types
The Text Plain format supports the following MIME types.