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Currently we have no less than three different, but very similar, factories for reading built-in CMap files, standard font files, and wasm files on the main-thread.[1] These factories were added at different points in time, since I cannot imagine that we'd add essentially three copies of the same code otherwise. Nowadays these factories are often not even used[2], since worker-thread fetching is used whenever possible to improve performance. In particular, they will *only* be used when either: - The PDF.js library runs in Node.js environments. - The user manually sets `useWorkerFetch = false` when calling `getDocument`. - The user provides custom `CMapReaderFactory`, `StandardFontDataFactory`, and/or `WasmFactory` instances when calling `getDocument`. By replacing these factories with *a single* new `BinaryDataFactory` factory/option the number of `getDocument` options are thus reduced, which cannot hurt. This also reduces the total bundle-size of the Firefox PDF Viewer a little bit, and it slightly reduces the number of import maps that need to be maintained. *Please note:* For users that provide custom `CMapReaderFactory`, `StandardFontDataFactory`, and `WasmFactory` instances when calling `getDocument` this will be a breaking change, however it's unlikely that (many) such users exist. (The *internal* format data-format of `CMapReaderFactory` was changed in PR 18951, and there hasn't been a single question/complaint about it in well over a year.) --- [1] Any new functionality could easily lead to more such factories being added in the future, which wouldn't be great. [2] Note that the Firefox PDF Viewer no longer use these factories, since it "forcibly" sets `useWorkerFetch = true` during building.