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1 // Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
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30 
31 package com.google.protobuf;
32 
33 import java.util.List;
34 import java.util.Map;
35 
36 /**
37  * Base interface for methods common to {@link Message} and
38  * {@link Message.Builder} to provide type equivalency.
39  *
40  * @author jonp@google.com (Jon Perlow)
41  */
42 public interface MessageOrBuilder extends MessageLiteOrBuilder {
43 
44   // (From MessageLite, re-declared here only for return type covariance.)
45   @Override
getDefaultInstanceForType()46   Message getDefaultInstanceForType();
47 
48   /**
49    * Returns a list of field paths (e.g. "foo.bar.baz") of required fields
50    * which are not set in this message.  You should call
51    * {@link MessageLiteOrBuilder#isInitialized()} first to check if there
52    * are any missing fields, as that method is likely to be much faster
53    * than this one even when the message is fully-initialized.
54    */
findInitializationErrors()55   List<String> findInitializationErrors();
56 
57   /**
58    * Returns a comma-delimited list of required fields which are not set
59    * in this message object.  You should call
60    * {@link MessageLiteOrBuilder#isInitialized()} first to check if there
61    * are any missing fields, as that method is likely to be much faster
62    * than this one even when the message is fully-initialized.
63    */
getInitializationErrorString()64   String getInitializationErrorString();
65 
66   /**
67    * Get the message's type's descriptor.  This differs from the
68    * {@code getDescriptor()} method of generated message classes in that
69    * this method is an abstract method of the {@code Message} interface
70    * whereas {@code getDescriptor()} is a static method of a specific class.
71    * They return the same thing.
72    */
getDescriptorForType()73   Descriptors.Descriptor getDescriptorForType();
74 
75   /**
76    * Returns a collection of all the fields in this message which are set
77    * and their corresponding values.  A singular ("required" or "optional")
78    * field is set iff hasField() returns true for that field.  A "repeated"
79    * field is set iff getRepeatedFieldCount() is greater than zero.  The
80    * values are exactly what would be returned by calling
81    * {@link #getField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor)} for each field.  The map
82    * is guaranteed to be a sorted map, so iterating over it will return fields
83    * in order by field number.
84    * <br>
85    * If this is for a builder, the returned map may or may not reflect future
86    * changes to the builder.  Either way, the returned map is itself
87    * unmodifiable.
88    */
getAllFields()89   Map<Descriptors.FieldDescriptor, Object> getAllFields();
90 
91   /**
92    * Returns true if the given oneof is set.
93    * @throws IllegalArgumentException if
94    *           {@code oneof.getContainingType() != getDescriptorForType()}.
95    */
hasOneof(Descriptors.OneofDescriptor oneof)96   boolean hasOneof(Descriptors.OneofDescriptor oneof);
97 
98   /**
99    * Obtains the FieldDescriptor if the given oneof is set. Returns null
100    * if no field is set.
101    */
getOneofFieldDescriptor( Descriptors.OneofDescriptor oneof)102   Descriptors.FieldDescriptor getOneofFieldDescriptor(
103       Descriptors.OneofDescriptor oneof);
104 
105   /**
106    * Returns true if the given field is set.  This is exactly equivalent to
107    * calling the generated "has" accessor method corresponding to the field.
108    * @throws IllegalArgumentException The field is a repeated field, or
109    *           {@code field.getContainingType() != getDescriptorForType()}.
110    */
hasField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)111   boolean hasField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field);
112 
113   /**
114    * Obtains the value of the given field, or the default value if it is
115    * not set.  For primitive fields, the boxed primitive value is returned.
116    * For enum fields, the EnumValueDescriptor for the value is returned. For
117    * embedded message fields, the sub-message is returned.  For repeated
118    * fields, a java.util.List is returned.
119    */
getField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)120   Object getField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field);
121 
122   /**
123    * Gets the number of elements of a repeated field.  This is exactly
124    * equivalent to calling the generated "Count" accessor method corresponding
125    * to the field.
126    * @throws IllegalArgumentException The field is not a repeated field, or
127    *           {@code field.getContainingType() != getDescriptorForType()}.
128    */
getRepeatedFieldCount(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)129   int getRepeatedFieldCount(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field);
130 
131   /**
132    * Gets an element of a repeated field.  For primitive fields, the boxed
133    * primitive value is returned.  For enum fields, the EnumValueDescriptor
134    * for the value is returned. For embedded message fields, the sub-message
135    * is returned.
136    * @throws IllegalArgumentException The field is not a repeated field, or
137    *           {@code field.getContainingType() != getDescriptorForType()}.
138    */
getRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, int index)139   Object getRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, int index);
140 
141   /** Get the {@link UnknownFieldSet} for this message. */
getUnknownFields()142   UnknownFieldSet getUnknownFields();
143 }
144