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package io.prestosql.orc.protobuf;
/**
* Base interface for methods common to {@link MessageLite}
* and {@link MessageLite.Builder} to provide type equivalency.
*
* @author [email protected] (Jon Perlow)
*/
public 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
* {@code getDefaultInstance()} method of generated message classes in that
* this method is an abstract method of the {@code MessageLite} interface
* whereas {@code getDefaultInstance()} is a static method of a specific
* class. They return the same thing.
*/
MessageLite getDefaultInstanceForType();
/**
* Returns true if all required fields in the message and all embedded
* messages are set, false otherwise.
*
* See also: {@link MessageOrBuilder#getInitializationErrorString()}
*/
boolean isInitialized();
}