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Class: FileDescriptorProto

google.protobuf.FileDescriptorProto

Describes a complete .proto file.

Properties

dependency

dependency: string[]

Names of files imported by this file.


edition

edition: Edition

The edition of the proto file.


enumType

enumType: $Properties[]

FileDescriptorProto enumType.


extension

extension: $Properties[]

FileDescriptorProto extension.


messageType

messageType: $Properties[]

All top-level definitions in this file.


name

name: string

file name, relative to root of source tree


options

Optional options: null | $Properties

FileDescriptorProto options.


package

package: string

e.g. "foo", "foo.bar", etc.


publicDependency

publicDependency: number[]

Indexes of the public imported files in the dependency list above.


service

service: $Properties[]

FileDescriptorProto service.


sourceCodeInfo

Optional sourceCodeInfo: null | $Properties

This field contains optional information about the original source code. You may safely remove this entire field without harming runtime functionality of the descriptors -- the information is needed only by development tools.


syntax

syntax: string

The syntax of the proto file. The supported values are "proto2", "proto3", and "editions".

If edition is present, this value must be "editions".


weakDependency

weakDependency: number[]

Indexes of the weak imported files in the dependency list. For Google-internal migration only. Do not use.

Methods

toJSON

toJSON(): Object

Converts this FileDescriptorProto to JSON.

Returns

Object

JSON object


create

create(properties?): FileDescriptorProto & $Shape

Creates a new FileDescriptorProto instance using the specified properties.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
properties?$ShapeProperties to set

Returns

FileDescriptorProto & $Shape

FileDescriptorProto instance

create(properties?): FileDescriptorProto

Parameters

NameType
properties?$Properties

Returns

FileDescriptorProto


decode

decode(reader, length?): FileDescriptorProto & $Shape

Decodes a FileDescriptorProto message from the specified reader or buffer.

Parameters

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

Returns

FileDescriptorProto & $Shape

FileDescriptorProto

Throws

If the payload is not a reader or valid buffer

Throws

If required fields are missing


decodeDelimited

decodeDelimited(reader): FileDescriptorProto & $Shape

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

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
readerUint8Array | ReaderReader or buffer to decode from

Returns

FileDescriptorProto & $Shape

FileDescriptorProto

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 FileDescriptorProto message. Does not implicitly google.protobuf.FileDescriptorProto.verify|verify messages.

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
message$PropertiesFileDescriptorProto message or plain object to encode
writer?WriterWriter to encode to

Returns

Writer

Writer


encodeDelimited

encodeDelimited(message, writer?): Writer

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

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
message$PropertiesFileDescriptorProto message or plain object to encode
writer?WriterWriter to encode to

Returns

Writer

Writer


fromObject

fromObject(object): FileDescriptorProto

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

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
objectObjectPlain object

Returns

FileDescriptorProto

FileDescriptorProto


toObject

toObject(message, options?): Object

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

Parameters

NameTypeDescription
messageFileDescriptorProtoFileDescriptorProto
options?IConversionOptionsConversion options

Returns

Object

Plain object