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+<?php
+
+/* Icinga DB Web | (c) 2022 Icinga GmbH | GPLv2 */
+
+namespace Icinga\Module\Icingadb\Model\Behavior;
+
+use ipl\Orm\Contract\PropertyBehavior;
+use ipl\Orm\Contract\QueryAwareBehavior;
+use ipl\Orm\Query;
+use ipl\Sql\Adapter\Pgsql;
+
+use function ipl\Stdlib\get_php_type;
+
+class Binary extends PropertyBehavior implements QueryAwareBehavior
+{
+    public function fromDb($value, $key, $_)
+    {
+        if ($value !== null) {
+            if (! is_resource($value)) {
+                throw new \UnexpectedValueException(
+                    sprintf('%s should be a resource got %s instead', $key, get_php_type($value))
+                );
+            }
+
+            return stream_get_contents($value);
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public function toDb($value, $key, $_)
+    {
+        if (is_resource($value)) {
+            throw new \UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('Unexpected resource for %s', $key));
+        }
+
+        return sprintf('\\x%s', bin2hex($value));
+    }
+
+    public function setQuery(Query $query)
+    {
+        if (! $query->getDb()->getAdapter() instanceof Pgsql) {
+            // Only process properties if the adapter is PostgreSQL.
+            $this->properties = [];
+        }
+    }
+}