#region Copyright notice and license
// Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
// Copyright 2008 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
// http://github.com/jskeet/dotnet-protobufs/
// Original C++/Java/Python code:
// http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
//
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#endregion
using System.IO;
namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers
{
///
/// Non-generic interface for all members whose signatures don't require knowledge of
/// the type being built. The generic interface extends this one. Some methods return
/// either an IBuilder or an IMessage; in these cases the generic interface redeclares
/// the same method with a type-specific signature. Implementations are encouraged to
/// use explicit interface implemenation for the non-generic form. This mirrors
/// how IEnumerable and IEnumerable<T> work.
///
public partial interface IBuilderLite
{
///
/// Returns true iff all required fields in the message and all
/// embedded messages are set.
///
bool IsInitialized { get; }
IBuilderLite WeakClear();
IBuilderLite WeakMergeFrom(IMessageLite message);
IBuilderLite WeakMergeFrom(ByteString data);
IBuilderLite WeakMergeFrom(ByteString data, ExtensionRegistry registry);
IBuilderLite WeakMergeFrom(ICodedInputStream input);
IBuilderLite WeakMergeFrom(ICodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistry registry);
IMessageLite WeakBuild();
IMessageLite WeakBuildPartial();
IBuilderLite WeakClone();
IMessageLite WeakDefaultInstanceForType { get; }
}
///
/// Interface implemented by Protocol Message builders.
/// TODO(jonskeet): Consider "SetXXX" methods returning the builder, as well as the properties.
///
/// Type of message
/// Type of builder
public interface IBuilderLite : IBuilderLite
where TMessage : IMessageLite
where TBuilder : IBuilderLite
{
///
/// Resets all fields to their default values.
///
TBuilder Clear();
///
/// Merge the specified other message which may be a different implementation of
/// the same message descriptor.
///
TBuilder MergeFrom(IMessageLite other);
///
/// Constructs the final message. Once this is called, this Builder instance
/// is no longer valid, and calling any other method may throw a
/// NullReferenceException. If you need to continue working with the builder
/// after calling Build, call Clone first.
///
/// the message
/// is missing one or more required fields; use BuildPartial to bypass
/// this check
TMessage Build();
///
/// Like Build(), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing
/// required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
///
TMessage BuildPartial();
///
/// Clones this builder.
/// TODO(jonskeet): Explain depth of clone.
///
TBuilder Clone();
///
/// Parses a message of this type from the input and merges it with this
/// message, as if using MergeFrom(IMessage<T>).
///
///
/// Warning: This does not verify that all required fields are present
/// in the input message. If you call Build() without setting all
/// required fields, it will throw an UninitializedMessageException.
/// There are a few good ways to deal with this:
///
/// - Call IsInitialized to verify to verify that all required fields are
/// set before building.
/// - Parse the message separately using one of the static ParseFrom
/// methods, then use MergeFrom(IMessage<T>) to merge it with
/// this one. ParseFrom will throw an InvalidProtocolBufferException
/// (an IOException) if some required fields are missing.
/// Use BuildPartial to build, which ignores missing required fields.
///
///
TBuilder MergeFrom(ICodedInputStream input);
///
/// Like MergeFrom(ICodedInputStream), but also parses extensions.
/// The extensions that you want to be able to parse must be registered
/// in . Extensions not in the registry
/// will be treated as unknown fields.
///
TBuilder MergeFrom(ICodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry);
///
/// Get's the message's type's default instance.
///
///
TMessage DefaultInstanceForType { get; }
///
/// Like MergeFrom(Stream), but does not read until the end of the file.
/// Instead, the size of the message (encoded as a varint) is read first,
/// then the message data. Use Message.WriteDelimitedTo(Stream) to
/// write messages in this format.
///
///
TBuilder MergeDelimitedFrom(Stream input);
///
/// Like MergeDelimitedFrom(Stream) but supporting extensions.
///
TBuilder MergeDelimitedFrom(Stream input, ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry);
#region Convenience methods
///
/// Parse as a message of this type and merge
/// it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around
/// MergeFrom(ICodedInputStream).
///
TBuilder MergeFrom(ByteString data);
///
/// Parse as a message of this type and merge
/// it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around
/// MergeFrom(ICodedInputStream, ExtensionRegistry).
///
TBuilder MergeFrom(ByteString data, ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry);
///
/// Parse as a message of this type and merge
/// it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around
/// MergeFrom(ICodedInputStream).
///
TBuilder MergeFrom(byte[] data);
///
/// Parse as a message of this type and merge
/// it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around
/// MergeFrom(ICodedInputStream, ExtensionRegistry).
///
TBuilder MergeFrom(byte[] data, ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry);
///
/// Parse as a message of this type and merge
/// it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around
/// MergeFrom(ICodedInputStream). Note that this method always reads
/// the entire input (unless it throws an exception). If you want it to
/// stop earlier, you will need to wrap the input in a wrapper
/// stream which limits reading. Or, use IMessage.WriteDelimitedTo(Stream)
/// to write your message and MmergeDelimitedFrom(Stream) to read it.
/// Despite usually reading the entire stream, this method never closes the stream.
///
TBuilder MergeFrom(Stream input);
///
/// Parse as a message of this type and merge
/// it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around
/// MergeFrom(ICodedInputStream, ExtensionRegistry).
///
TBuilder MergeFrom(Stream input, ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry);
#endregion
}
}