70 lines
3.6 KiB
C#
70 lines
3.6 KiB
C#
#region Copyright notice and license
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// Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
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// Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
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// https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
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//
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// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
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// met:
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//
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// * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
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// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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// * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
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// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
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// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
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// distribution.
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// * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
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// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
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// this software without specific prior written permission.
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//
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// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
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// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
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// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
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// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
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// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
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// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
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// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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#endregion
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namespace LC.Google.Protobuf
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{
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/// <summary>
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/// A message type that has a custom string format for diagnostic purposes.
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/// </summary>
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/// <remarks>
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/// <para>
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/// Calling <see cref="object.ToString"/> on a generated message type normally
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/// returns the JSON representation. If a message type implements this interface,
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/// then the <see cref="ToDiagnosticString"/> method will be called instead of the regular
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/// JSON formatting code, but only when <c>ToString()</c> is called either on the message itself
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/// or on another message which contains it. This does not affect the normal JSON formatting of
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/// the message.
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/// </para>
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/// <para>
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/// For example, if you create a proto message representing a GUID, the internal
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/// representation may be a <c>bytes</c> field or four <c>fixed32</c> fields. However, when debugging
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/// it may be more convenient to see a result in the same format as <see cref="System.Guid"/> provides.
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/// </para>
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/// <para>This interface extends <see cref="IMessage"/> to avoid it accidentally being implemented
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/// on types other than messages, where it would not be used by anything in the framework.</para>
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/// </remarks>
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public interface ICustomDiagnosticMessage : IMessage
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{
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/// <summary>
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/// Returns a string representation of this object, for diagnostic purposes.
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/// </summary>
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/// <remarks>
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/// This method is called when a message is formatted as part of a <see cref="object.ToString"/>
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/// call. It does not affect the JSON representation used by <see cref="JsonFormatter"/> other than
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/// in calls to <see cref="JsonFormatter.ToDiagnosticString(IMessage)"/>. While it is recommended
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/// that the result is valid JSON, this is never assumed by the Protobuf library.
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/// </remarks>
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/// <returns>A string representation of this object, for diagnostic purposes.</returns>
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string ToDiagnosticString();
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}
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}
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