All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractParser, GeneratedMessageLite.DefaultInstanceBasedParser
```
public interface Parser<MessageType>
```
Abstract interface for parsing Protocol Messages.
The implementation should be stateless and thread-safe.
All methods may throw InvalidProtocolBufferException. In the event of invalid data, like an encoding error, the cause of the thrown exception will be null. However, if an I/O problem occurs, an exception is thrown with an IOException cause.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`MessageType`	`parseDelimitedFrom(java.io.InputStream input)`	Like `parseFrom(InputStream)`, but does not read until EOF.
`MessageType`	`parseDelimitedFrom(java.io.InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Like `parseDelimitedFrom(InputStream)` but supporting extensions.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(byte[] data)`	Parses `data` as a message of `MessageType`.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(byte[] data, int off, int len)`	Parses `data` as a message of `MessageType`.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(byte[] data, int off, int len, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Parses `data` as a message of `MessageType`.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(byte[] data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Parses `data` as a message of `MessageType`.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(ByteString data)`	Parses `data` as a message of `MessageType`.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(ByteString data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Parses `data` as a message of `MessageType`.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(CodedInputStream input)`	Parses a message of `MessageType` from the input.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Like `parseFrom(CodedInputStream)`, but also parses extensions.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(java.io.InputStream input)`	Parse a message of `MessageType` from `input`.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(java.io.InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Parses a message of `MessageType` from `input`.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(java.nio.ByteBuffer data)`	Parses `data` as a message of `MessageType`.
`MessageType`	`parseFrom(java.nio.ByteBuffer data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Parses `data` as a message of `MessageType`.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialDelimitedFrom(java.io.InputStream input)`	Like `parseDelimitedFrom(InputStream)`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialDelimitedFrom(java.io.InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Like `parseDelimitedFrom(InputStream, ExtensionRegistryLite)`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialFrom(byte[] data)`	Like `parseFrom(byte[])`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialFrom(byte[] data, int off, int len)`	Like `parseFrom(byte[], int, int)`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialFrom(byte[] data, int off, int len, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Like `parseFrom(ByteString, ExtensionRegistryLite)`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialFrom(byte[] data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Like `parseFrom(byte[], ExtensionRegistryLite)`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialFrom(ByteString data)`	Like `parseFrom(ByteString)`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialFrom(ByteString data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Like `parseFrom(ByteString, ExtensionRegistryLite)`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialFrom(CodedInputStream input)`	Like `parseFrom(CodedInputStream)`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Like `parseFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite)`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialFrom(java.io.InputStream input)`	Like `parseFrom(InputStream)`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.
`MessageType`	`parsePartialFrom(java.io.InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)`	Like `parseFrom(InputStream, ExtensionRegistryLite)`, but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields.

- Method Detail
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(CodedInputStream input)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Parses a message of MessageType from the input.
    Note: The caller should call CodedInputStream.checkLastTagWas(int) after calling this to verify that the last tag seen was the appropriate end-group tag, or zero for EOF.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(CodedInputStream input,
                      ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(CodedInputStream), but also parses extensions. The extensions that you want to be able to parse must be registered in extensionRegistry. Extensions not in the registry will be treated as unknown fields.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialFrom(CodedInputStream input)
                      throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(CodedInputStream), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialFrom(CodedInputStream input,
                             ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
                      throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(java.nio.ByteBuffer data)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Parses data as a message of MessageType. This is just a small wrapper around parseFrom(CodedInputStream).
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(java.nio.ByteBuffer data,
                      ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Parses data as a message of MessageType. This is just a small wrapper around parseFrom(CodedInputStream, ExtensionRegistryLite).
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(ByteString data)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Parses data as a message of MessageType. This is just a small wrapper around parseFrom(CodedInputStream).
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(ByteString data,
                      ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Parses data as a message of MessageType. This is just a small wrapper around parseFrom(CodedInputStream, ExtensionRegistryLite).
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialFrom(ByteString data)
                      throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(ByteString), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialFrom(ByteString data,
                             ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
                      throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(ByteString, ExtensionRegistryLite), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(byte[] data,
                      int off,
                      int len)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Parses data as a message of MessageType. This is just a small wrapper around parseFrom(CodedInputStream).
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(byte[] data,
                      int off,
                      int len,
                      ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Parses data as a message of MessageType. This is just a small wrapper around parseFrom(CodedInputStream, ExtensionRegistryLite).
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(byte[] data)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Parses data as a message of MessageType. This is just a small wrapper around parseFrom(CodedInputStream).
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(byte[] data,
                      ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Parses data as a message of MessageType. This is just a small wrapper around parseFrom(CodedInputStream, ExtensionRegistryLite).
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialFrom(byte[] data,
                             int off,
                             int len)
                      throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(byte[], int, int), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialFrom(byte[] data,
                             int off,
                             int len,
                             ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
                      throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(ByteString, ExtensionRegistryLite), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialFrom(byte[] data)
                      throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(byte[]), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialFrom(byte[] data,
                             ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
                      throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(byte[], ExtensionRegistryLite), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(java.io.InputStream input)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Parse a message of MessageType from input. This is just a small wrapper around parseFrom(CodedInputStream). 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 your input in some wrapper stream that limits reading. Or, use MessageLite.writeDelimitedTo(java.io.OutputStream) to write your message and parseDelimitedFrom(InputStream) to read it.
    Despite usually reading the entire input, this does not close the stream.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseFrom
```
MessageType parseFrom(java.io.InputStream input,
                      ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Parses a message of MessageType from input. This is just a small wrapper around parseFrom(CodedInputStream, ExtensionRegistryLite).
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialFrom(java.io.InputStream input)
                      throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(InputStream), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialFrom(java.io.InputStream input,
                             ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
                      throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(InputStream, ExtensionRegistryLite), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseDelimitedFrom
```
MessageType parseDelimitedFrom(java.io.InputStream input)
                        throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseFrom(InputStream), but does not read until EOF. Instead, the size of message (encoded as a varint) is read first, then the message data. Use MessageLite.writeDelimitedTo(java.io.OutputStream) to write messages in this format.
    
    Returns:
    
    Parsed message if successful, or null if the stream is at EOF when the method starts. Any other error (including reaching EOF during parsing) will cause an exception to be thrown.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parseDelimitedFrom
```
MessageType parseDelimitedFrom(java.io.InputStream input,
                               ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
                        throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseDelimitedFrom(InputStream) but supporting extensions.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialDelimitedFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialDelimitedFrom(java.io.InputStream input)
                               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseDelimitedFrom(InputStream), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException
  - parsePartialDelimitedFrom
```
MessageType parsePartialDelimitedFrom(java.io.InputStream input,
                                      ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
                               throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
```
    Like parseDelimitedFrom(InputStream, ExtensionRegistryLite), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidProtocolBufferException

Interface Parser<MessageType>

Method Summary

Method Detail

parseFrom

parseFrom

parsePartialFrom

parsePartialFrom

parseFrom

parseFrom

parseFrom

parseFrom

parsePartialFrom

parsePartialFrom

parseFrom

parseFrom

parseFrom

parseFrom

parsePartialFrom

parsePartialFrom

parsePartialFrom

parsePartialFrom

parseFrom

parseFrom

parsePartialFrom

parsePartialFrom

parseDelimitedFrom

parseDelimitedFrom

parsePartialDelimitedFrom

parsePartialDelimitedFrom