/thirdparty/breakpad/third_party/protobuf/protobuf/java/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageLiteOrBuilder.java

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31package com.google.protobuf;
32
33/**
34 * Base interface for methods common to {@link MessageLite}
35 * and {@link MessageLite.Builder} to provide type equivalency.
36 *
37 * @author jonp@google.com (Jon Perlow)
38 */
39public interface MessageLiteOrBuilder {
40  /**
41   * Get an instance of the type with no fields set. Because no fields are set,
42   * all getters for singular fields will return default values and repeated
43   * fields will appear empty.
44   * This may or may not be a singleton.  This differs from the
45   * {@code getDefaultInstance()} method of generated message classes in that
46   * this method is an abstract method of the {@code MessageLite} interface
47   * whereas {@code getDefaultInstance()} is a static method of a specific
48   * class.  They return the same thing.
49   */
50  MessageLite getDefaultInstanceForType();
51
52  /**
53   * Returns true if all required fields in the message and all embedded
54   * messages are set, false otherwise.
55   */
56  boolean isInitialized();
57
58}