# File lib/aws/core/xml_grammar.rb, line 799
        def default_value
          if
            # TODO : move this out of the default value method
            @context and
            @context.respond_to?(:encoding) and
            @context.encoding == 'base64'
          then
            Base64.decode64(@text.strip)
          else
            @context || @text
          end
        end