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Class Any

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    AnyOrBuilder, Message, MessageLite, MessageLiteOrBuilder, MessageOrBuilder, java.io.Serializable

    public final class Any
extends com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3
implements AnyOrBuilder
     `Any` contains an arbitrary serialized protocol buffer message along with a
 URL that describes the type of the serialized message.
 Protobuf library provides support to pack/unpack Any values in the form
 of utility functions or additional generated methods of the Any type.
 Example 1: Pack and unpack a message in C++.
     Foo foo = ...;
     Any any;
     any.PackFrom(foo);
     ...
     if (any.UnpackTo(&foo)) {
       ...
     }
 Example 2: Pack and unpack a message in Java.
     Foo foo = ...;
     Any any = Any.pack(foo);
     ...
     if (any.is(Foo.class)) {
       foo = any.unpack(Foo.class);
     }
  Example 3: Pack and unpack a message in Python.
     foo = Foo(...)
     any = Any()
     any.Pack(foo)
     ...
     if any.Is(Foo.DESCRIPTOR):
       any.Unpack(foo)
       ...
  Example 4: Pack and unpack a message in Go
      foo := &pb.Foo{...}
      any, err := anypb.New(foo)
      if err != nil {
        ...
      }
      ...
      foo := &pb.Foo{}
      if err := any.UnmarshalTo(foo); err != nil {
        ...
      }
 The pack methods provided by protobuf library will by default use
 'type.googleapis.com/full.type.name' as the type URL and the unpack
 methods only use the fully qualified type name after the last '/'
 in the type URL, for example "foo.bar.com/x/y.z" will yield type
 name "y.z".
 JSON
 ====
 The JSON representation of an `Any` value uses the regular
 representation of the deserialized, embedded message, with an
 additional field `@type` which contains the type URL. Example:
     package google.profile;
     message Person {
       string first_name = 1;
       string last_name = 2;
     }
     {
       "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.profile.Person",
       "firstName": <string>,
       "lastName": <string>
     }
 If the embedded message type is well-known and has a custom JSON
 representation, that representation will be embedded adding a field
 `value` which holds the custom JSON in addition to the `@type`
 field. Example (for message [google.protobuf.Duration][]):
     {
       "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.protobuf.Duration",
       "value": "1.212s"
     }
    Protobuf type google.protobuf.Any
    See Also:
    Serialized Form

    • Method Detail

      • getUnknownFields

        public final com.google.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet getUnknownFields()
        Description copied from interface: MessageOrBuilder
        Get the UnknownFieldSet for this message.
        Specified by:
        getUnknownFields in interface MessageOrBuilder
        Overrides:
        getUnknownFields in class com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3

      • pack

        public static <T extends Message> Any pack(T message)

      • pack

        public static <T extends Message> Any pack(T message,
                                           java.lang.String typeUrlPrefix)
        Packs a message using the given type URL prefix. The type URL will be constructed by concatenating the message type's full name to the prefix with an optional "/" separator if the prefix doesn't end with "/" already.

      • is

        public <T extends Message> boolean is(java.lang.Class<T> clazz)

      • getTypeUrl

        public java.lang.String getTypeUrl()
         A URL/resource name that uniquely identifies the type of the serialized
 protocol buffer message. This string must contain at least
 one "/" character. The last segment of the URL's path must represent
 the fully qualified name of the type (as in
 `path/google.protobuf.Duration`). The name should be in a canonical form
 (e.g., leading "." is not accepted).
 In practice, teams usually precompile into the binary all types that they
 expect it to use in the context of Any. However, for URLs which use the
 scheme `http`, `https`, or no scheme, one can optionally set up a type
 server that maps type URLs to message definitions as follows:
 * If no scheme is provided, `https` is assumed.
 * An HTTP GET on the URL must yield a [google.protobuf.Type][]
   value in binary format, or produce an error.
 * Applications are allowed to cache lookup results based on the
   URL, or have them precompiled into a binary to avoid any
   lookup. Therefore, binary compatibility needs to be preserved
   on changes to types. (Use versioned type names to manage
   breaking changes.)
 Note: this functionality is not currently available in the official
 protobuf release, and it is not used for type URLs beginning with
 type.googleapis.com.
 Schemes other than `http`, `https` (or the empty scheme) might be
 used with implementation specific semantics.
        string type_url = 1;
        Specified by:
        getTypeUrl in interface AnyOrBuilder
        Returns:
        The typeUrl.

      • getTypeUrlBytes

        public ByteString getTypeUrlBytes()
         A URL/resource name that uniquely identifies the type of the serialized
 protocol buffer message. This string must contain at least
 one "/" character. The last segment of the URL's path must represent
 the fully qualified name of the type (as in
 `path/google.protobuf.Duration`). The name should be in a canonical form
 (e.g., leading "." is not accepted).
 In practice, teams usually precompile into the binary all types that they
 expect it to use in the context of Any. However, for URLs which use the
 scheme `http`, `https`, or no scheme, one can optionally set up a type
 server that maps type URLs to message definitions as follows:
 * If no scheme is provided, `https` is assumed.
 * An HTTP GET on the URL must yield a [google.protobuf.Type][]
   value in binary format, or produce an error.
 * Applications are allowed to cache lookup results based on the
   URL, or have them precompiled into a binary to avoid any
   lookup. Therefore, binary compatibility needs to be preserved
   on changes to types. (Use versioned type names to manage
   breaking changes.)
 Note: this functionality is not currently available in the official
 protobuf release, and it is not used for type URLs beginning with
 type.googleapis.com.
 Schemes other than `http`, `https` (or the empty scheme) might be
 used with implementation specific semantics.
        string type_url = 1;
        Specified by:
        getTypeUrlBytes in interface AnyOrBuilder
        Returns:
        The bytes for typeUrl.

      • getValue

        public ByteString getValue()
         Must be a valid serialized protocol buffer of the above specified type.
        bytes value = 2;
        Specified by:
        getValue in interface AnyOrBuilder
        Returns:
        The value.

      • writeTo

        public void writeTo(CodedOutputStream output)
             throws java.io.IOException
        Description copied from interface: MessageLite
        Serializes the message and writes it to output. This does not flush or close the stream.
        Specified by:
        writeTo in interface MessageLite
        Overrides:
        writeTo in class com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException

      • getSerializedSize

        public int getSerializedSize()
        Description copied from interface: MessageLite
        Get the number of bytes required to encode this message. The result is only computed on the first call and memoized after that.
        Specified by:
        getSerializedSize in interface MessageLite
        Overrides:
        getSerializedSize in class com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3

      • equals

        public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
        Description copied from interface: Message
        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.
        Specified by:
        equals in interface Message
        Overrides:
        equals in class AbstractMessage
        Parameters:
        obj - object to be compared for equality with this message
        Returns:
        true if the specified object is equal to this message

      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        Description copied from interface: Message
        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.
        Specified by:
        hashCode in interface Message
        Overrides:
        hashCode in class AbstractMessage
        Returns:
        the hash code value for this message
        See Also:
        Map.hashCode()

      • parseFrom

        public static Any parseFrom(java.io.InputStream input)
                     throws java.io.IOException
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException

      • parseFrom

        public static Any parseFrom(java.io.InputStream input,
                            ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
                     throws java.io.IOException
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException

      • parseDelimitedFrom

        public static Any parseDelimitedFrom(java.io.InputStream input)
                              throws java.io.IOException
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException

      • parseDelimitedFrom

        public static Any parseDelimitedFrom(java.io.InputStream input,
                                     ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
                              throws java.io.IOException
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException

      • parseFrom

        public static Any parseFrom(CodedInputStream input)
                     throws java.io.IOException
        Throws:
        java.io.IOException

      • toBuilder

        public Any.Builder toBuilder()
        Description copied from interface: MessageLite
        Constructs a builder initialized with the current message. Use this to derive a new message from the current one.
        Specified by:
        toBuilder in interface Message
        Specified by:
        toBuilder in interface MessageLite

      • getDefaultInstance

        public static Any getDefaultInstance()

      • getDefaultInstanceForType

        public Any getDefaultInstanceForType()
        Description copied from interface: MessageLiteOrBuilder
        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.
        Specified by:
        getDefaultInstanceForType in interface MessageLiteOrBuilder
        Specified by:
        getDefaultInstanceForType in interface MessageOrBuilder
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