Compares the specified object with this message for equality. Returns true if the given
object is a message of the same type (as defined by getDescriptorForType()) and has
identical values for all of its fields. Subclasses must implement this; inheriting
Object.equals() is incorrect.
Get an instance of the type with no fields set. Because no fields are set, all getters for
singular fields will return default values and repeated fields will appear empty. This may or
may not be a singleton. This differs from the getDefaultInstance() method of generated
message classes in that this method is an abstract method of the MessageLite interface
whereas getDefaultInstance() is a static method of a specific class. They return the
same thing.
Is this method deprecated?
Depending on the target platform, this can emit Deprecated annotations
for the method, or it will be completely ignored; in the very least,
this is a formalization for deprecating methods.
Get the number of bytes required to encode this message. The result is only computed on the
first call and memoized after that.
If this message requires more than Integer.MAX_VALUE bytes to encode, the return value will
be smaller than the actual number of bytes required and might be negative.
Is this method deprecated?
Depending on the target platform, this can emit Deprecated annotations
for the method, or it will be completely ignored; in the very least,
this is a formalization for deprecating methods.
Returns the hash code value for this message. The hash code of a message should mix the
message's type (object identity of the descriptor) with its contents (known and unknown field
values). Subclasses must implement this; inheriting Object.hashCode() is incorrect.
Get the FieldAccessorTable for this type. We can't have the message
class pass this in to the constructor because of bootstrapping trouble
with DescriptorProtos.
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