encodeBoolYES

encodeBoolYES is a function or method commonly found in programming contexts, particularly within frameworks or libraries dealing with data serialization or encoding, such as those used in Android development for handling Parcelable objects. Its primary purpose is to encode a boolean value into a data stream or buffer, specifically representing the true value as "YES" and the false value as "NO".

This function is part of a larger encoding/decoding mechanism. When an object that contains boolean fields needs to be saved (e.g., to a file, network, or inter-process communication) or restored, functions like encodeBoolYES are invoked to translate the boolean state into a format that can be stored and later interpreted. The convention of using "YES" and "NO" strings, rather than numerical representations like 1 and 0 or specific boolean keywords, is a design choice within that particular system, likely for human readability or compatibility with certain serialization formats.

In practical terms, a developer would use encodeBoolYES when implementing serialization logic for a custom data type. For instance, if a class has a boolean member variable `isActive`, and that class needs to be Parcelable, the `writeToParcel` method would call encodeBoolYES(isActive) to write the state of `isActive` to the Parcel. A corresponding decode function would then read this "YES" or "NO" string and convert it back into a boolean value.