csharp/src/ProtocolBuffers/FieldAccess/IFieldAccessor.cs

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namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers.FieldAccess
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Allows fields to be reflectively accessed in a smart manner.
    /// The property descriptors for each field are created once and then cached.
    /// In addition, this interface holds knowledge of repeated fields, builders etc.
    /// </summary>
    internal interface IFieldAccessor<TMessage, TBuilder>
        where TMessage : IMessage<TMessage, TBuilder>
        where TBuilder : IBuilder<TMessage, TBuilder>
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Indicates whether the specified message contains the field.
        /// </summary>
        bool Has(TMessage message);

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the count of the repeated field in the specified message.
        /// </summary>
        int GetRepeatedCount(TMessage message);

        /// <summary>
        /// Clears the field in the specified builder.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="builder"></param>
        void Clear(TBuilder builder);

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a builder for the type of this field (which must be a message field).
        /// </summary>
        IBuilder CreateBuilder();

        /// <summary>
        /// Accessor for single fields
        /// </summary>
        object GetValue(TMessage message);

        /// <summary>
        /// Mutator for single fields
        /// </summary>
        void SetValue(TBuilder builder, object value);

        /// <summary>
        /// Accessor for repeated fields
        /// </summary>
        object GetRepeatedValue(TMessage message, int index);

        /// <summary>
        /// Mutator for repeated fields
        /// </summary>
        void SetRepeated(TBuilder builder, int index, object value);

        /// <summary>
        /// Adds the specified value to the field in the given builder.
        /// </summary>
        void AddRepeated(TBuilder builder, object value);

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a read-only wrapper around the value of a repeated field.
        /// </summary>
        object GetRepeatedWrapper(TBuilder builder);
    }
}