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#Region "Copyright notice and license"
' Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
' Copyright 2008 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
' https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
'
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#End Region
Imports System
Imports Google.Protobuf.Reflection
Namespace Google.Protobuf
''' <summary>
''' Interface for a Protocol Buffers message, supporting
''' basic operations required for serialization.
''' </summary>
Public Interface IMessage
''' <summary>
''' Merges the data from the specified coded input stream with the current message.
''' </summary>
''' <remarks>See the user guide for precise merge semantics.</remarks>
''' <param name="input"></param>
Sub MergeFrom(input As CodedInputStream)
''' <summary>
''' Writes the data to the given coded output stream.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="output">Coded output stream to write the data to. Must not be null.</param>
Sub WriteTo(output As CodedOutputStream)
''' <summary>
''' Calculates the size of this message in Protocol Buffer wire format, in bytes.
''' </summary>
''' <returns>The number of bytes required to write this message
''' to a coded output stream.</returns>
Function CalculateSize() As Integer
''' <summary>
''' Descriptor for this message. All instances are expected to return the same descriptor,
''' and for generated types this will be an explicitly-implemented member, returning the
''' same value as the static property declared on the type.
''' </summary>
ReadOnly Property Descriptor As MessageDescriptor
End Interface
End Namespace