| // Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format |
| // Copyright 2008 Google Inc. All rights reserved. |
| // |
| // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style |
| // license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at |
| // https://developers.google.com/open-source/licenses/bsd |
| |
| package com.google.protobuf; |
| |
| import java.util.List; |
| |
| /** |
| * An interface extending {@code List<String>} used for repeated string fields to provide optional |
| * access to the data as a list of ByteStrings. The underlying implementation stores values as |
| * either ByteStrings or Strings (see {@link LazyStringArrayList}) depending on how the value was |
| * initialized or last read, and it is often more efficient to deal with lists of ByteStrings when |
| * handling protos that have been deserialized from bytes. |
| */ |
| public interface ProtocolStringList extends List<String> { |
| |
| /** Returns a view of the data as a list of ByteStrings. */ |
| List<ByteString> asByteStringList(); |
| } |
