Uses of Interface
com.google.protobuf.Message

Packages that use Message

Package	Description
com.google.protobuf
com.google.protobuf.compiler

Uses of Message in com.google.protobuf

Classes in com.google.protobuf with type parameters of type Message

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	GeneratedMessage.GeneratedExtension<ContainingType extends Message,Type> Type used to represent generated extensions.

Classes in com.google.protobuf that implement Message

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
class	AbstractMessage A partial implementation of the Message interface which implements as many methods of that interface as possible in terms of other methods.
class	Any `Any` contains an arbitrary serialized protocol buffer message along with a URL that describes the type of the serialized message.
class	Api Api is a light-weight descriptor for an API Interface.
class	BoolValue Wrapper message for `bool`.
class	BytesValue Wrapper message for `bytes`.
static class	DescriptorProtos.DescriptorProto Describes a message type.
static class	DescriptorProtos.DescriptorProto.ExtensionRange Protobuf type google.protobuf.DescriptorProto.ExtensionRange
static class	DescriptorProtos.DescriptorProto.ReservedRange Range of reserved tag numbers.
static class	DescriptorProtos.EnumDescriptorProto Describes an enum type.
static class	DescriptorProtos.EnumDescriptorProto.EnumReservedRange Range of reserved numeric values.
static class	DescriptorProtos.EnumOptions Protobuf type google.protobuf.EnumOptions
static class	DescriptorProtos.EnumValueDescriptorProto Describes a value within an enum.
static class	DescriptorProtos.EnumValueOptions Protobuf type google.protobuf.EnumValueOptions
static class	DescriptorProtos.ExtensionRangeOptions Protobuf type google.protobuf.ExtensionRangeOptions
static class	DescriptorProtos.FieldDescriptorProto Describes a field within a message.
static class	DescriptorProtos.FieldOptions Protobuf type google.protobuf.FieldOptions
static class	DescriptorProtos.FileDescriptorProto Describes a complete .proto file.
static class	DescriptorProtos.FileDescriptorSet The protocol compiler can output a FileDescriptorSet containing the .proto files it parses.
static class	DescriptorProtos.FileOptions Protobuf type google.protobuf.FileOptions
static class	DescriptorProtos.GeneratedCodeInfo Describes the relationship between generated code and its original source file.
static class	DescriptorProtos.GeneratedCodeInfo.Annotation Protobuf type google.protobuf.GeneratedCodeInfo.Annotation
static class	DescriptorProtos.MessageOptions Protobuf type google.protobuf.MessageOptions
static class	DescriptorProtos.MethodDescriptorProto Describes a method of a service.
static class	DescriptorProtos.MethodOptions Protobuf type google.protobuf.MethodOptions
static class	DescriptorProtos.OneofDescriptorProto Describes a oneof.
static class	DescriptorProtos.OneofOptions Protobuf type google.protobuf.OneofOptions
static class	DescriptorProtos.ServiceDescriptorProto Describes a service.
static class	DescriptorProtos.ServiceOptions Protobuf type google.protobuf.ServiceOptions
static class	DescriptorProtos.SourceCodeInfo Encapsulates information about the original source file from which a FileDescriptorProto was generated.
static class	DescriptorProtos.SourceCodeInfo.Location Protobuf type google.protobuf.SourceCodeInfo.Location
static class	DescriptorProtos.UninterpretedOption A message representing a option the parser does not recognize.
static class	DescriptorProtos.UninterpretedOption.NamePart The name of the uninterpreted option.
class	DoubleValue Wrapper message for `double`.
class	Duration A Duration represents a signed, fixed-length span of time represented as a count of seconds and fractions of seconds at nanosecond resolution.
class	DynamicMessage An implementation of Message that can represent arbitrary types, given a Descriptors.Descriptor.
class	Empty A generic empty message that you can re-use to avoid defining duplicated empty messages in your APIs.
class	Enum Enum type definition.
class	EnumValue Enum value definition.
class	Field A single field of a message type.
class	FieldMask `FieldMask` represents a set of symbolic field paths, for example: paths: "f.a" paths: "f.b.d" Here `f` represents a field in some root message, `a` and `b` fields in the message found in `f`, and `d` a field found in the message in `f.b`.
class	FloatValue Wrapper message for `float`.
class	GeneratedMessage All generated protocol message classes extend this class.
static class	GeneratedMessage.ExtendableMessage<MessageType extends GeneratedMessage.ExtendableMessage> Generated message classes for message types that contain extension ranges subclass this.
class	GeneratedMessageV3 All generated protocol message classes extend this class.
static class	GeneratedMessageV3.ExtendableMessage<MessageType extends GeneratedMessageV3.ExtendableMessage> Generated message classes for message types that contain extension ranges subclass this.
class	Int32Value Wrapper message for `int32`.
class	Int64Value Wrapper message for `int64`.
class	ListValue `ListValue` is a wrapper around a repeated field of values.
class	MapEntry<K,V> Implements MapEntry messages.
class	Method Method represents a method of an API interface.
class	Mixin Declares an API Interface to be included in this interface.
class	Option A protocol buffer option, which can be attached to a message, field, enumeration, etc.
class	SourceContext `SourceContext` represents information about the source of a protobuf element, like the file in which it is defined.
class	StringValue Wrapper message for `string`.
class	Struct `Struct` represents a structured data value, consisting of fields which map to dynamically typed values.
class	Timestamp A Timestamp represents a point in time independent of any time zone or local calendar, encoded as a count of seconds and fractions of seconds at nanosecond resolution.
class	Type A protocol buffer message type.
class	UInt32Value Wrapper message for `uint32`.
class	UInt64Value Wrapper message for `uint64`.
class	Value `Value` represents a dynamically typed value which can be either null, a number, a string, a boolean, a recursive struct value, or a list of values.

Fields in com.google.protobuf declared as Message

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
Message	ExtensionRegistry.ExtensionInfo.defaultInstance A default instance of the extension's type, if it has a message type.

Methods in com.google.protobuf with type parameters of type Message

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <Type extends Message> RpcCallback<Message>	RpcUtil.generalizeCallback(RpcCallback<Type> originalCallback, Class<Type> originalClass, Type defaultInstance) Take an RpcCallback accepting a specific message type and convert it to an RpcCallback<Message>.
<T extends Message> boolean	Any.is(Class<T> clazz)
static <ContainingType extends Message,Type> GeneratedMessage.GeneratedExtension<ContainingType,Type>	GeneratedMessage.newFileScopedGeneratedExtension(Class singularType, Message defaultInstance) For use by generated code only.
static <ContainingType extends Message,Type> GeneratedMessage.GeneratedExtension<ContainingType,Type>	GeneratedMessage.newFileScopedGeneratedExtension(Class singularType, Message defaultInstance, String descriptorOuterClass, String extensionName) Used in proto1 generated code only.
static <ContainingType extends Message,Type> GeneratedMessage.GeneratedExtension<ContainingType,Type>	GeneratedMessage.newMessageScopedGeneratedExtension(Message scope, int descriptorIndex, Class singularType, Message defaultInstance) For use by generated code only.
static <ContainingType extends Message,Type> GeneratedMessage.GeneratedExtension<ContainingType,Type>	GeneratedMessage.newMessageScopedGeneratedExtension(Message scope, String name, Class singularType, Message defaultInstance) Used in proto1 generated code only.
static <T extends Message> Any	Any.pack(T message)
static <T extends Message> Any	Any.pack(T message, String typeUrlPrefix) Packs a message using the given type URL prefix.
static <T extends Message> T	TextFormat.parse(CharSequence input, Class<T> protoClass) Parse a text-format message from input.
static <T extends Message> T	TextFormat.parse(CharSequence input, ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry, Class<T> protoClass) Parse a text-format message from input.
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessageV3.parseDelimitedWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, InputStream input)
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessage.parseDelimitedWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, InputStream input)
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessageV3.parseDelimitedWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensions)
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessage.parseDelimitedWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensions)
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessageV3.parseWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, CodedInputStream input)
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessage.parseWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, CodedInputStream input)
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessageV3.parseWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensions)
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessage.parseWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensions)
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessageV3.parseWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, InputStream input)
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessage.parseWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, InputStream input)
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessageV3.parseWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensions)
protected static <M extends Message> M	GeneratedMessage.parseWithIOException(Parser<M> parser, InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensions)
static <Type extends Message> RpcCallback<Type>	RpcUtil.specializeCallback(RpcCallback<Message> originalCallback) Take an RpcCallback<Message> and convert it to an RpcCallback accepting a specific message type.
<T extends Message> T	Any.unpack(Class<T> clazz)
static <T extends Message> Parser<T>	DiscardUnknownFieldsParser.wrap(Parser<T> parser) Wraps a given Parser into a new Parser that discards unknown fields during parsing.

Methods in com.google.protobuf that return Message

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Message	Message.Builder.build()
Message	Message.Builder.buildPartial()
Message	BlockingService.callBlockingMethod(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method, RpcController controller, Message request) Equivalent to Service.callMethod(com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.MethodDescriptor, com.google.protobuf.RpcController, com.google.protobuf.Message, com.google.protobuf.RpcCallback<com.google.protobuf.Message>), except that callBlockingMethod() returns the result of the RPC or throws a ServiceException if there is a failure, rather than passing the information to a callback.
Message	BlockingRpcChannel.callBlockingMethod(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method, RpcController controller, Message request, Message responsePrototype) Call the given method of the remote service and blocks until it returns.
Message	GeneratedMessageV3.ExtendableMessageOrBuilder.getDefaultInstanceForType()
Message	GeneratedMessage.ExtendableMessageOrBuilder.getDefaultInstanceForType()
Message	MessageOrBuilder.getDefaultInstanceForType()
Message	GeneratedMessage.GeneratedExtension.getMessageDefaultInstance() If the extension is an embedded message or group, returns the default instance of the message.
abstract Message	Extension.getMessageDefaultInstance() Returns the default instance of the extension field, if it's a message extension.
Message	Descriptors.DescriptorValidationException.getProblemProto() Gets the protocol message representation of the invalid descriptor.
Message	BlockingService.getRequestPrototype(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method) Equivalent to Service.getRequestPrototype(com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.MethodDescriptor).
Message	Service.getRequestPrototype(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method) callMethod() requires that the request passed in is of a particular subclass of Message.
Message	BlockingService.getResponsePrototype(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method) Equivalent to Service.getResponsePrototype(com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.MethodDescriptor).
Message	Service.getResponsePrototype(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method) Like getRequestPrototype(), but gets a prototype of the response message.
abstract Message	Descriptors.GenericDescriptor.toProto()

Methods in com.google.protobuf that return types with arguments of type Message

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static <Type extends Message> RpcCallback<Message>	RpcUtil.generalizeCallback(RpcCallback<Type> originalCallback, Class<Type> originalClass, Type defaultInstance) Take an RpcCallback accepting a specific message type and convert it to an RpcCallback<Message>.
Parser<? extends Message>	Message.getParserForType()

Methods in com.google.protobuf with parameters of type Message

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	ExtensionRegistry.add(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor type, Message defaultInstance) Add a message-type extension to the registry by descriptor.
Message	BlockingService.callBlockingMethod(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method, RpcController controller, Message request) Equivalent to Service.callMethod(com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.MethodDescriptor, com.google.protobuf.RpcController, com.google.protobuf.Message, com.google.protobuf.RpcCallback<com.google.protobuf.Message>), except that callBlockingMethod() returns the result of the RPC or throws a ServiceException if there is a failure, rather than passing the information to a callback.
Message	BlockingRpcChannel.callBlockingMethod(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method, RpcController controller, Message request, Message responsePrototype) Call the given method of the remote service and blocks until it returns.
void	RpcChannel.callMethod(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method, RpcController controller, Message request, Message responsePrototype, RpcCallback<Message> done) Call the given method of the remote service.
void	Service.callMethod(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method, RpcController controller, Message request, RpcCallback<Message> done) Call a method of the service specified by MethodDescriptor.
Enum.Builder	Enum.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Any.Builder	Any.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
ListValue.Builder	ListValue.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Type.Builder	Type.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Int32Value.Builder	Int32Value.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Value.Builder	Value.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
UInt32Value.Builder	UInt32Value.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
BoolValue.Builder	BoolValue.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Option.Builder	Option.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Method.Builder	Method.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DoubleValue.Builder	DoubleValue.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
SourceContext.Builder	SourceContext.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
StringValue.Builder	StringValue.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Api.Builder	Api.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
BytesValue.Builder	BytesValue.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Empty.Builder	Empty.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
FloatValue.Builder	FloatValue.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Timestamp.Builder	Timestamp.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
FieldMask.Builder	FieldMask.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.FileDescriptorSet.Builder	DescriptorProtos.FileDescriptorSet.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.FileDescriptorProto.Builder	DescriptorProtos.FileDescriptorProto.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.DescriptorProto.ExtensionRange.Builder	DescriptorProtos.DescriptorProto.ExtensionRange.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.DescriptorProto.ReservedRange.Builder	DescriptorProtos.DescriptorProto.ReservedRange.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.DescriptorProto.Builder	DescriptorProtos.DescriptorProto.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.ExtensionRangeOptions.Builder	DescriptorProtos.ExtensionRangeOptions.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.FieldDescriptorProto.Builder	DescriptorProtos.FieldDescriptorProto.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.OneofDescriptorProto.Builder	DescriptorProtos.OneofDescriptorProto.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.EnumDescriptorProto.EnumReservedRange.Builder	DescriptorProtos.EnumDescriptorProto.EnumReservedRange.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.EnumDescriptorProto.Builder	DescriptorProtos.EnumDescriptorProto.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.EnumValueDescriptorProto.Builder	DescriptorProtos.EnumValueDescriptorProto.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.ServiceDescriptorProto.Builder	DescriptorProtos.ServiceDescriptorProto.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.MethodDescriptorProto.Builder	DescriptorProtos.MethodDescriptorProto.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.FileOptions.Builder	DescriptorProtos.FileOptions.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.MessageOptions.Builder	DescriptorProtos.MessageOptions.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.FieldOptions.Builder	DescriptorProtos.FieldOptions.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.OneofOptions.Builder	DescriptorProtos.OneofOptions.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.EnumOptions.Builder	DescriptorProtos.EnumOptions.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.EnumValueOptions.Builder	DescriptorProtos.EnumValueOptions.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.ServiceOptions.Builder	DescriptorProtos.ServiceOptions.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.MethodOptions.Builder	DescriptorProtos.MethodOptions.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.UninterpretedOption.NamePart.Builder	DescriptorProtos.UninterpretedOption.NamePart.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.UninterpretedOption.Builder	DescriptorProtos.UninterpretedOption.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.SourceCodeInfo.Location.Builder	DescriptorProtos.SourceCodeInfo.Location.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.SourceCodeInfo.Builder	DescriptorProtos.SourceCodeInfo.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.GeneratedCodeInfo.Annotation.Builder	DescriptorProtos.GeneratedCodeInfo.Annotation.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DescriptorProtos.GeneratedCodeInfo.Builder	DescriptorProtos.GeneratedCodeInfo.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Int64Value.Builder	Int64Value.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Mixin.Builder	Mixin.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Struct.Builder	Struct.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Field.Builder	Field.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Duration.Builder	Duration.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
EnumValue.Builder	EnumValue.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
UInt64Value.Builder	UInt64Value.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
Message.Builder	Message.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other) Merge other into the message being built.
BuilderType	AbstractMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
DynamicMessage.Builder	DynamicMessage.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
static DynamicMessage.Builder	DynamicMessage.newBuilder(Message prototype) Construct a Message.Builder for a message of the same type as prototype, and initialize it with prototype's contents.
static <ContainingType extends Message,Type> GeneratedMessage.GeneratedExtension<ContainingType,Type>	GeneratedMessage.newFileScopedGeneratedExtension(Class singularType, Message defaultInstance) For use by generated code only.
static <ContainingType extends Message,Type> GeneratedMessage.GeneratedExtension<ContainingType,Type>	GeneratedMessage.newFileScopedGeneratedExtension(Class singularType, Message defaultInstance, String descriptorOuterClass, String extensionName) Used in proto1 generated code only.
static <ContainingType extends Message,Type> GeneratedMessage.GeneratedExtension<ContainingType,Type>	GeneratedMessage.newMessageScopedGeneratedExtension(Message scope, int descriptorIndex, Class singularType, Message defaultInstance) For use by generated code only.
static <ContainingType extends Message,Type> GeneratedMessage.GeneratedExtension<ContainingType,Type>	GeneratedMessage.newMessageScopedGeneratedExtension(Message scope, String name, Class singularType, Message defaultInstance) Used in proto1 generated code only.
protected static UninitializedMessageException	AbstractMessage.Builder.newUninitializedMessageException(Message message) Construct an UninitializedMessageException reporting missing fields in the given message.

Method parameters in com.google.protobuf with type arguments of type Message

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	RpcChannel.callMethod(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method, RpcController controller, Message request, Message responsePrototype, RpcCallback<Message> done) Call the given method of the remote service.
void	Service.callMethod(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method, RpcController controller, Message request, RpcCallback<Message> done) Call a method of the service specified by MethodDescriptor.
static <Type extends Message> RpcCallback<Type>	RpcUtil.specializeCallback(RpcCallback<Message> originalCallback) Take an RpcCallback<Message> and convert it to an RpcCallback accepting a specific message type.

Uses of Message in com.google.protobuf.compiler

Classes in com.google.protobuf.compiler that implement Message

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	PluginProtos.CodeGeneratorRequest An encoded CodeGeneratorRequest is written to the plugin's stdin.
static class	PluginProtos.CodeGeneratorResponse The plugin writes an encoded CodeGeneratorResponse to stdout.
static class	PluginProtos.CodeGeneratorResponse.File Represents a single generated file.
static class	PluginProtos.Version The version number of protocol compiler.

Methods in com.google.protobuf.compiler with parameters of type Message

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PluginProtos.Version.Builder	PluginProtos.Version.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
PluginProtos.CodeGeneratorRequest.Builder	PluginProtos.CodeGeneratorRequest.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
PluginProtos.CodeGeneratorResponse.File.Builder	PluginProtos.CodeGeneratorResponse.File.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)
PluginProtos.CodeGeneratorResponse.Builder	PluginProtos.CodeGeneratorResponse.Builder.mergeFrom(Message other)