Class: Message

ProtoBuf.Reflect. Message

new Message(buildernon-null, parentnon-null, name, optionsopt, isGroupopt, syntaxnullable)

Constructs a new Message.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
builder ProtoBuf.Builder

Builder reference
parent ProtoBuf.Reflect.Namespace

Parent message or namespace
name string

Message name
options Object.<string, *> <optional>

Message options
isGroup boolean <optional>

true if this is a legacy group
syntax string <nullable>

The syntax level of this definition (e.g., proto3)
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Members

(non-null) builder :ProtoBuf.Builder

Builder reference.

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(non-null) children :Array.<ProtoBuf.Reflect.T>

Children inside the namespace.

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className :string

Fully qualified class name

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  • string
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(nullable) clazz :function

Runtime message class.

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  • function
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extensions :!Array.<number>|undefined

Extensions range.

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  • !Array.<number> | undefined
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isGroup :boolean

Whether this is a legacy group or not.

Type:
  • boolean
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name :string

Object name in namespace.

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  • string
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(non-null) options :Object.<string, *>

Options.

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  • Object.<string, *>
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(nullable) parent :ProtoBuf.Reflect.T

Parent object.

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(non-null) syntax :string

Syntax level (e.g., proto2 or proto3).

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  • string
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Methods

addChild(child)

Adds a child to the namespace.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
child ProtoBuf.Reflect.T

Child
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If the child cannot be added (duplicate)

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Error

build(rebuildopt) → {ProtoBuf.Reflect.Message}

Builds the message and returns the runtime counterpart, which is a fully functional class.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
rebuild boolean <optional>

Whether to rebuild or not, defaults to false
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If the message cannot be built

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Error
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Message class

Type
ProtoBuf.Reflect.Message

buildOpt() → {Object.<string, *>}

Builds the namespace's '$options' property.

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Object.<string, *>

calculate(messagenon-null) → {number}

Calculates a runtime message's byte length.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
message ProtoBuf.Builder.Message

Runtime message to encode
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If required fields are missing or the message cannot be calculated for another reason

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Error
Returns:

Byte length

Type
number

decode(buffer, lengthopt, expectedGroupEndIdopt) → {ProtoBuf.Builder.Message}

Decodes an encoded message and returns the decoded message.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
buffer ByteBuffer

ByteBuffer to decode from
length number <optional>

Message length. Defaults to decode all remaining data.
expectedGroupEndId number <optional>

Expected GROUPEND id if this is a legacy group
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If the message cannot be decoded

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Error
Returns:

Decoded message

Type
ProtoBuf.Builder.Message

encode(messagenon-null, buffer, noVerifyopt) → {ByteBuffer}

Encodes a runtime message's contents to the specified buffer.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
message ProtoBuf.Builder.Message

Runtime message to encode
buffer ByteBuffer

ByteBuffer to write to
noVerify boolean <optional>

Whether to not verify field values, defaults to false
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If required fields are missing or the message cannot be encoded for another reason

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The ByteBuffer for chaining

Type
ByteBuffer

fqn() → {string}

Returns the fully qualified name of this object.

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Fully qualified name as of ".PATH.TO.THIS"

Type
string

getChild(nameOrId) → (nullable) {ProtoBuf.Reflect.T}

Gets a child by its name or id.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
nameOrId string | number

Child name or id
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The child or null if not found

Type
ProtoBuf.Reflect.T

getChildren(typeopt) → {Array.<ProtoBuf.Reflect.T>}

Returns an array of the namespace's children.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
type ProtoBuf.Reflect.T <optional>

Filter type (returns instances of this type only). Defaults to null (all children).
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Array.<ProtoBuf.Reflect.T>

getOption(nameopt) → {*|Object.<string, *>}

Gets the value assigned to the option with the specified name.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
name string <optional>

Returns the option value if specified, otherwise all options are returned.
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null} Option value or NULL if there is no such option

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* | Object.<string, *>

qn(tnon-null) → {string}

Determines the shortest qualified name of the specified type, if any, relative to this namespace.

Parameters:
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t ProtoBuf.Reflect.T

Reflection type
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The shortest qualified name or, if there is none, the fqn

Type
string

resolve(qn, excludeNonNamespaceopt) → (nullable) {ProtoBuf.Reflect.Namespace}

Resolves a reflect object inside of this namespace.

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
qn string | !Array.<string>

Qualified name to resolve
excludeNonNamespace boolean <optional>

Excludes non-namespace types, defaults to false
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The resolved type or null if not found

Type
ProtoBuf.Reflect.Namespace

toString(includeClassopt)

Returns a string representation of this Reflect object (its fully qualified name).

Parameters:
Name Type Attributes Description
includeClass boolean <optional>

Set to true to include the class name. Defaults to false.
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String representation