Class DescriptorBase

Base class for nearly all descriptors, providing common functionality.

Inheritance

System.Object

DescriptorBase

Implements

IDescriptor

Inherited Members

System.Object.ToString()

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: Google.Protobuf.Reflection

Assembly: Google.Protobuf.dll

Syntax

public abstract class DescriptorBase : IDescriptor

Properties

Declaration

The declaration information about the descriptor, or null if no declaration information is available for this descriptor.

Declaration

public DescriptorDeclaration Declaration { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
DescriptorDeclaration

Remarks

This information is typically only available for dynamically loaded descriptors, for example within a protoc plugin where the full descriptors, including source info, are passed to the code by protoc.

File

Declaration

public FileDescriptor File { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
FileDescriptor	The file this descriptor was declared in.

Implements

IDescriptor.File

FullName

The fully qualified name of the descriptor's target.

Declaration

public string FullName { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Implements

IDescriptor.FullName

Index

Declaration

public int Index { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.Int32	The index of this descriptor within its parent descriptor.

Remarks

This returns the index of this descriptor within its parent, for this descriptor's type. (There can be duplicate values for different types, e.g. one enum type with index 0 and one message type with index 0.)

Name

Returns the name of the entity (field, message etc) being described.

Declaration

public abstract string Name { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
System.String

Implements

IDescriptor.Name