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Class: FieldDescriptorProto

google.protobuf.FieldDescriptorProto

Describes a field within a message.

Implements

Constructors

constructor

new FieldDescriptorProto(properties?): FieldDescriptorProto

Constructs a new FieldDescriptorProto.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
properties?IFieldDescriptorProtoProperties to set

Returns

FieldDescriptorProto

Properties

defaultValue

defaultValue: string

For numeric types, contains the original text representation of the value. For booleans, "true" or "false". For strings, contains the default text contents (not escaped in any way). For bytes, contains the C escaped value. All bytes >= 128 are escaped.

Implementation of

IFieldDescriptorProto.defaultValue


extendee

extendee: string

For extensions, this is the name of the type being extended. It is resolved in the same manner as type_name.

Implementation of

IFieldDescriptorProto.extendee


jsonName

jsonName: string

JSON name of this field. The value is set by protocol compiler. If the user has set a "json_name" option on this field, that option's value will be used. Otherwise, it's deduced from the field's name by converting it to camelCase.

Implementation of

IFieldDescriptorProto.jsonName


label

label: Label

FieldDescriptorProto label.

Implementation of

IFieldDescriptorProto.label


name

name: string

FieldDescriptorProto name.

Implementation of

IFieldDescriptorProto.name


number

number: number

FieldDescriptorProto number.

Implementation of

IFieldDescriptorProto.number


oneofIndex

oneofIndex: number

If set, gives the index of a oneof in the containing type's oneof_decl list. This field is a member of that oneof.

Implementation of

IFieldDescriptorProto.oneofIndex


options

Optional options: null | IFieldOptions

FieldDescriptorProto options.

Implementation of

IFieldDescriptorProto.options


proto3Optional

proto3Optional: boolean

If true, this is a proto3 "optional". When a proto3 field is optional, it tracks presence regardless of field type.

When proto3_optional is true, this field must be belong to a oneof to signal to old proto3 clients that presence is tracked for this field. This oneof is known as a "synthetic" oneof, and this field must be its sole member (each proto3 optional field gets its own synthetic oneof). Synthetic oneofs exist in the descriptor only, and do not generate any API. Synthetic oneofs must be ordered after all "real" oneofs.

For message fields, proto3_optional doesn't create any semantic change, since non-repeated message fields always track presence. However it still indicates the semantic detail of whether the user wrote "optional" or not. This can be useful for round-tripping the .proto file. For consistency we give message fields a synthetic oneof also, even though it is not required to track presence. This is especially important because the parser can't tell if a field is a message or an enum, so it must always create a synthetic oneof.

Proto2 optional fields do not set this flag, because they already indicate optional with LABEL_OPTIONAL.

Implementation of

IFieldDescriptorProto.proto3Optional


type

type: Type

If type_name is set, this need not be set. If both this and type_name are set, this must be one of TYPE_ENUM, TYPE_MESSAGE or TYPE_GROUP.

Implementation of

IFieldDescriptorProto.type


typeName

typeName: string

For message and enum types, this is the name of the type. If the name starts with a '.', it is fully-qualified. Otherwise, C++-like scoping rules are used to find the type (i.e. first the nested types within this message are searched, then within the parent, on up to the root namespace).

Implementation of

IFieldDescriptorProto.typeName

Methods

toJSON

toJSON(): Object

Converts this FieldDescriptorProto to JSON.

Returns

Object

JSON object


create

create(properties?): FieldDescriptorProto

Creates a new FieldDescriptorProto instance using the specified properties.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
properties?IFieldDescriptorProtoProperties to set

Returns

FieldDescriptorProto

FieldDescriptorProto instance


decode

decode(reader, length?): FieldDescriptorProto

Decodes a FieldDescriptorProto message from the specified reader or buffer.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
readerUint8Array | ReaderReader or buffer to decode from
length?numberMessage length if known beforehand

Returns

FieldDescriptorProto

FieldDescriptorProto

Throws

If the payload is not a reader or valid buffer

Throws

If required fields are missing


decodeDelimited

decodeDelimited(reader): FieldDescriptorProto

Decodes a FieldDescriptorProto message from the specified reader or buffer, length delimited.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
readerUint8Array | ReaderReader or buffer to decode from

Returns

FieldDescriptorProto

FieldDescriptorProto

Throws

If the payload is not a reader or valid buffer

Throws

If required fields are missing


encode

encode(message, writer?): Writer

Encodes the specified FieldDescriptorProto message. Does not implicitly google.protobuf.FieldDescriptorProto.verify|verify messages.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageIFieldDescriptorProtoFieldDescriptorProto message or plain object to encode
writer?WriterWriter to encode to

Returns

Writer

Writer


encodeDelimited

encodeDelimited(message, writer?): Writer

Encodes the specified FieldDescriptorProto message, length delimited. Does not implicitly google.protobuf.FieldDescriptorProto.verify|verify messages.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageIFieldDescriptorProtoFieldDescriptorProto message or plain object to encode
writer?WriterWriter to encode to

Returns

Writer

Writer


fromObject

fromObject(object): FieldDescriptorProto

Creates a FieldDescriptorProto message from a plain object. Also converts values to their respective internal types.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
objectObjectPlain object

Returns

FieldDescriptorProto

FieldDescriptorProto


getTypeUrl

getTypeUrl(typeUrlPrefix?): string

Gets the default type url for FieldDescriptorProto

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
typeUrlPrefix?stringyour custom typeUrlPrefix(default "type.googleapis.com")

Returns

string

The default type url


toObject

toObject(message, options?): Object

Creates a plain object from a FieldDescriptorProto message. Also converts values to other types if specified.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageFieldDescriptorProtoFieldDescriptorProto
options?IConversionOptionsConversion options

Returns

Object

Plain object