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package com.google.protobuf;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Base interface for methods common to {@link Message} and
 * {@link Message.Builder} to provide type equivalency.
 *
 * @author jonp@google.com (Jon Perlow)
 */
public interface MessageOrBuilder extends MessageLiteOrBuilder {

  // (From MessageLite, re-declared here only for return type covariance.)
  //@Override (Java 1.6 override semantics, but we must support 1.5)
  Message getDefaultInstanceForType();

  /**
   * Get the message's type's descriptor.  This differs from the
   * {@code getDescriptor()} method of generated message classes in that
   * this method is an abstract method of the {@code Message} interface
   * whereas {@code getDescriptor()} is a static method of a specific class.
   * They return the same thing.
   */
  Descriptors.Descriptor getDescriptorForType();

  /**
   * Returns a collection of all the fields in this message which are set
   * and their corresponding values.  A singular ("required" or "optional")
   * field is set iff hasField() returns true for that field.  A "repeated"
   * field is set iff getRepeatedFieldSize() is greater than zero.  The
   * values are exactly what would be returned by calling
   * {@link #getField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor)} for each field.  The map
   * is guaranteed to be a sorted map, so iterating over it will return fields
   * in order by field number.
   * <br>
   * If this is for a builder, the returned map may or may not reflect future
   * changes to the builder.  Either way, the returned map is itself
   * unmodifiable.
   */
  Map<Descriptors.FieldDescriptor, Object> getAllFields();

  /**
   * Returns true if the given field is set.  This is exactly equivalent to
   * calling the generated "has" accessor method corresponding to the field.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException The field is a repeated field, or
   *           {@code field.getContainingType() != getDescriptorForType()}.
   */
  boolean hasField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field);

  /**
   * Obtains the value of the given field, or the default value if it is
   * not set.  For primitive fields, the boxed primitive value is returned.
   * For enum fields, the EnumValueDescriptor for the value is returend. For
   * embedded message fields, the sub-message is returned.  For repeated
   * fields, a java.util.List is returned.
   */
  Object getField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field);

  /**
   * Gets the number of elements of a repeated field.  This is exactly
   * equivalent to calling the generated "Count" accessor method corresponding
   * to the field.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException The field is not a repeated field, or
   *           {@code field.getContainingType() != getDescriptorForType()}.
   */
  int getRepeatedFieldCount(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field);

  /**
   * Gets an element of a repeated field.  For primitive fields, the boxed
   * primitive value is returned.  For enum fields, the EnumValueDescriptor
   * for the value is returend. For embedded message fields, the sub-message
   * is returned.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException The field is not a repeated field, or
   *           {@code field.getContainingType() != getDescriptorForType()}.
   */
  Object getRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, int index);

  /** Get the {@link UnknownFieldSet} for this message. */
  UnknownFieldSet getUnknownFields();
}