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Darwinism/Google.Protobuf/Message/IMessageType.vb

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#Region "Microsoft.VisualBasic::9b2c4685b77e9337d48ce9613ad8a319, Google.Protobuf\Message\IMessageType.vb"
' Author:
'
' asuka (amethyst.asuka@gcmodeller.org)
' xie (genetics@smrucc.org)
' xieguigang (xie.guigang@live.com)
'
' Copyright (c) 2018 GPL3 Licensed
'
'
' GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPL3)
'
'
' This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
' it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
' the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
' (at your option) any later version.
'
' This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
' but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
' MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
' GNU General Public License for more details.
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' You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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' /********************************************************************************/
' Summaries:
' Interface IMessageType
'
' Sub: MergeFrom
'
'
' /********************************************************************************/
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Namespace Google.Protobuf
''' <summary>
''' Generic interface for a Protocol Buffers message,
''' where the type parameter is expected to be the same type as
''' the implementation class.
''' </summary>
''' <typeparam name="T">The message type.</typeparam>
Public Interface IMessageType(Of T As IMessageType(Of T))
Inherits IMessage, IEquatable(Of T), IDeepCloneable(Of T)
''' <summary>
''' Merges the given message into this one.
''' </summary>
''' <remarks>See the user guide for precise merge semantics.</remarks>
''' <param name="message">The message to merge with this one. Must not be null.</param>
Overloads Sub MergeFrom(message As T)
End Interface
End Namespace