Interface Message.Builder (3.19.4)

public static interface Message.Builder extends MessageLite.Builder, MessageOrBuilder

Abstract interface implemented by Protocol Message builders.

Methods

addRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, Object value)

public abstract Message.Builder addRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, Object value)

Like setRepeatedField, but appends the value as a new element.

Parameters
Name Description
field Descriptors.FieldDescriptor
value Object
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

build()

public abstract Message build()

Constructs the message based on the state of the Builder. Subsequent changes to the Builder will not affect the returned message.

Returns
Type Description
Message

buildPartial()

public abstract Message buildPartial()

Like #build(), but does not throw an exception if the message is missing required fields. Instead, a partial message is returned. Subsequent changes to the Builder will not affect the returned message.

Returns
Type Description
Message

clear()

public abstract Message.Builder clear()

Resets all fields to their default values.

Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

clearField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)

public abstract Message.Builder clearField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)

Clears the field. This is exactly equivalent to calling the generated "clear" accessor method corresponding to the field.

Parameter
Name Description
field Descriptors.FieldDescriptor
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

clearOneof(Descriptors.OneofDescriptor oneof)

public abstract Message.Builder clearOneof(Descriptors.OneofDescriptor oneof)

Clears the oneof. This is exactly equivalent to calling the generated "clear" accessor method corresponding to the oneof.

Parameter
Name Description
oneof Descriptors.OneofDescriptor
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

clone()

public abstract Message.Builder clone()

Clones the Builder.

Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

getDescriptorForType()

public abstract Descriptors.Descriptor getDescriptorForType()

Get the message's type's descriptor. See Message#getDescriptorForType().

Returns
Type Description
Descriptors.Descriptor

getFieldBuilder(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)

public abstract Message.Builder getFieldBuilder(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)

Get a nested builder instance for the given field.

Normally, we hold a reference to the immutable message object for the message type field. Some implementations(the generated message builders), however, can also hold a reference to the builder object (a nested builder) for the field.

If the field is already backed up by a nested builder, the nested builder will be returned. Otherwise, a new field builder will be created and returned. The original message field (if exist) will be merged into the field builder, which will then be nested into its parent builder.

NOTE: implementations that do not support nested builders will throw UnsupportedOperationException.

Parameter
Name Description
field Descriptors.FieldDescriptor
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

getRepeatedFieldBuilder(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, int index)

public abstract Message.Builder getRepeatedFieldBuilder(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, int index)

Get a nested builder instance for the given repeated field instance.

Normally, we hold a reference to the immutable message object for the message type field. Some implementations(the generated message builders), however, can also hold a reference to the builder object (a nested builder) for the field.

If the field is already backed up by a nested builder, the nested builder will be returned. Otherwise, a new field builder will be created and returned. The original message field (if exist) will be merged into the field builder, which will then be nested into its parent builder.

NOTE: implementations that do not support nested builders will throw UnsupportedOperationException.

Parameters
Name Description
field Descriptors.FieldDescriptor
index int
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

mergeDelimitedFrom(InputStream input)

public abstract boolean mergeDelimitedFrom(InputStream input)

Like #mergeFrom(InputStream), but does not read until EOF. Instead, the size of the message (encoded as a varint) is read first, then the message data. Use MessageLite#writeDelimitedTo(OutputStream) to write messages in this format.

Parameter
Name Description
input InputStream
Returns
Type Description
boolean
Exceptions
Type Description
IOException

mergeDelimitedFrom(InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

public abstract boolean mergeDelimitedFrom(InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

Like #mergeDelimitedFrom(InputStream) but supporting extensions.

Parameters
Name Description
input InputStream
extensionRegistry ExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
Type Description
boolean
Exceptions
Type Description
IOException

mergeFrom(byte[] data)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeFrom(byte[] data)

Parse data as a message of this type and merge it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around #mergeFrom(CodedInputStream).

Parameter
Name Description
data byte[]
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder
Exceptions
Type Description
InvalidProtocolBufferException

mergeFrom(byte[] data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeFrom(byte[] data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

Parse data as a message of this type and merge it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around #mergeFrom(CodedInputStream,ExtensionRegistryLite).

Parameters
Name Description
data byte[]
extensionRegistry ExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder
Exceptions
Type Description
InvalidProtocolBufferException

mergeFrom(byte[] data, int off, int len)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeFrom(byte[] data, int off, int len)

Parse data as a message of this type and merge it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around #mergeFrom(CodedInputStream).

Parameters
Name Description
data byte[]
off int
len int
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder
Exceptions
Type Description
InvalidProtocolBufferException

mergeFrom(byte[] data, int off, int len, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeFrom(byte[] data, int off, int len, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

Parse data as a message of this type and merge it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around #mergeFrom(CodedInputStream,ExtensionRegistryLite).

Parameters
Name Description
data byte[]
off int
len int
extensionRegistry ExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder
Exceptions
Type Description
InvalidProtocolBufferException

mergeFrom(ByteString data)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeFrom(ByteString data)

Parse data as a message of this type and merge it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around #mergeFrom(CodedInputStream).

Parameter
Name Description
data ByteString
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder
Exceptions
Type Description
InvalidProtocolBufferException

mergeFrom(ByteString data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeFrom(ByteString data, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

Parse data as a message of this type and merge it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around #mergeFrom(CodedInputStream,ExtensionRegistryLite).

Parameters
Name Description
data ByteString
extensionRegistry ExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder
Exceptions
Type Description
InvalidProtocolBufferException

mergeFrom(CodedInputStream input)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeFrom(CodedInputStream input)

Parses a message of this type from the input and merges it with this message.

Warning: This does not verify that all required fields are present in the input message. If you call #build() without setting all required fields, it will throw an UninitializedMessageException, which is a RuntimeException and thus might not be caught. There are a few good ways to deal with this:

  • Call #isInitialized() to verify that all required fields are set before building.
  • Use buildPartial() to build, which ignores missing required fields.

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.

Parameter
Name Description
input CodedInputStream
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder
Exceptions
Type Description
IOException

mergeFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

Like Builder#mergeFrom(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.

Parameters
Name Description
input CodedInputStream
extensionRegistry ExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder
Exceptions
Type Description
IOException

mergeFrom(Message other)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeFrom(Message other)

Merge other into the message being built. other must have the exact same type as this (i.e. getDescriptorForType() == other.getDescriptorForType()).

Merging occurs as follows. For each field:

  • For singular primitive fields, if the field is set in other, then other's value overwrites the value in this message.
  • For singular message fields, if the field is set in other, it is merged into the corresponding sub-message of this message using the same merging rules.
  • For repeated fields, the elements in other are concatenated with the elements in this message.
  • For oneof groups, if the other message has one of the fields set, the group of this message is cleared and replaced by the field of the other message, so that the oneof constraint is preserved.

    This is equivalent to the Message::MergeFrom method in C++.

Parameter
Name Description
other Message
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

mergeFrom(InputStream input)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeFrom(InputStream input)

Parse a message of this type from input and merge it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around #mergeFrom(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(OutputStream) to write your message and #mergeDelimitedFrom(InputStream) to read it.

Despite usually reading the entire input, this does not close the stream.

Parameter
Name Description
input InputStream
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder
Exceptions
Type Description
IOException

mergeFrom(InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeFrom(InputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)

Parse a message of this type from input and merge it with the message being built. This is just a small wrapper around #mergeFrom(CodedInputStream,ExtensionRegistryLite).

Parameters
Name Description
input InputStream
extensionRegistry ExtensionRegistryLite
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder
Exceptions
Type Description
IOException

mergeUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet unknownFields)

public abstract Message.Builder mergeUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet unknownFields)

Merge some unknown fields into the UnknownFieldSet for this message.

Parameter
Name Description
unknownFields UnknownFieldSet
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

newBuilderForField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)

public abstract Message.Builder newBuilderForField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field)

Create a builder for messages of the appropriate type for the given field. The builder is NOT nested in the current builder. However, messages built with the builder can then be passed to the #setField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor, Object), #setRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor, int, Object), or #addRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor, Object) method of the current builder.

To obtain a builder nested in the current builder, use #getFieldBuilder(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor) instead.

Parameter
Name Description
field Descriptors.FieldDescriptor
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

setField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, Object value)

public abstract Message.Builder setField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, Object value)

Sets a field to the given value. The value must be of the correct type for this field, i.e. the same type that Message#getField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor) would return.

Parameters
Name Description
field Descriptors.FieldDescriptor
value Object
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

setRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, int index, Object value)

public abstract Message.Builder setRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor field, int index, Object value)

Sets an element of a repeated field to the given value. The value must be of the correct type for this field, i.e. the same type that Message#getRepeatedField(Descriptors.FieldDescriptor,int) would return.

Parameters
Name Description
field Descriptors.FieldDescriptor
index int
value Object
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder

setUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet unknownFields)

public abstract Message.Builder setUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet unknownFields)

Set the UnknownFieldSet for this message.

Parameter
Name Description
unknownFields UnknownFieldSet
Returns
Type Description
Message.Builder