text: 'use strict';
  module.exports = getJsonBufferPadded;
  
  /**
   * Convert the JSON object to a padded buffer.
   *
   * Pad the JSON with extra whitespace to fit the next 4-byte boundary. This ensures proper alignment
   * for the section that follows.
   *
   * @param {Object} [json] The JSON object.
   * @returns {Buffer} The padded JSON buffer.
   *
   * @private
   */
  function getJsonBufferPadded(json) {
      var string = JSON.stringify(json);
  
      var boundary = 4;
      var byteLength = Buffer.byteLength(string);
      var remainder = byteLength % boundary;
      var padding = (remainder === 0) ? 0 : boundary - remainder;
      var whitespace = '';
      for (var i = 0; i < padding; ++i) {
          whitespace += ' ';
      }
      string += whitespace;
  
      return Buffer.from(string);
  }
  