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package com.google.protobuf;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.List;
/**
* An interface extending {@code List<String>} that also provides access to the
* items of the list as UTF8-encoded ByteString or byte[] objects. This is
* used by the protocol buffer implementation to support lazily converting bytes
* parsed over the wire to String objects until needed and also increases the
* efficiency of serialization if the String was never requested as the
* ByteString or byte[] is already cached. The ByteString methods are used in
* immutable API only and byte[] methods used in mutable API only for they use
* different representations for string/bytes fields.
*
* @author jonp@google.com (Jon Perlow)
*/
public interface LazyStringList extends ProtocolStringList {
/**
* Returns the element at the specified position in this list as a ByteString.
*
* @param index index of the element to return
* @return the element at the specified position in this list
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range
* ({@code index < 0 || index >= size()})
*/
ByteString getByteString(int index);
/**
* Returns the element at the specified position in this list as an Object
* that will either be a String or a ByteString.
*
* @param index index of the element to return
* @return the element at the specified position in this list
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range
* ({@code index < 0 || index >= size()})
*/
Object getRaw(int index);
/**
* Returns the element at the specified position in this list as byte[].
*
* @param index index of the element to return
* @return the element at the specified position in this list
* @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range
* ({@code index < 0 || index >= size()})
*/
byte[] getByteArray(int index);
/**
* Appends the specified element to the end of this list (optional
* operation).
*
* @param element element to be appended to this list
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the <tt>add</tt> operation
* is not supported by this list
*/
void add(ByteString element);
/**
* Appends the specified element to the end of this list (optional
* operation).
*
* @param element element to be appended to this list
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the <tt>add</tt> operation
* is not supported by this list
*/
void add(byte[] element);
/**
* Replaces the element at the specified position in this list with the
* specified element (optional operation).
*
* @param index index of the element to replace
* @param element the element to be stored at the specified position
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the <tt>set</tt> operation
* is not supported by this list
* IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range
* ({@code index < 0 || index >= size()})
*/
void set(int index, ByteString element);
/**
* Replaces the element at the specified position in this list with the
* specified element (optional operation).
*
* @param index index of the element to replace
* @param element the element to be stored at the specified position
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the <tt>set</tt> operation
* is not supported by this list
* IndexOutOfBoundsException if the index is out of range
* ({@code index < 0 || index >= size()})
*/
void set(int index, byte[] element);
/**
* Appends all elements in the specified ByteString collection to the end of
* this list.
*
* @param c collection whose elements are to be added to this list
* @return true if this list changed as a result of the call
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the <tt>addAllByteString</tt>
* operation is not supported by this list
*/
boolean addAllByteString(Collection<? extends ByteString> c);
/**
* Appends all elements in the specified byte[] collection to the end of
* this list.
*
* @param c collection whose elements are to be added to this list
* @return true if this list changed as a result of the call
* @throws UnsupportedOperationException if the <tt>addAllByteArray</tt>
* operation is not supported by this list
*/
boolean addAllByteArray(Collection<byte[]> c);
/**
* Returns an unmodifiable List of the underlying elements, each of which is
* either a {@code String} or its equivalent UTF-8 encoded {@code ByteString}
* or byte[]. It is an error for the caller to modify the returned
* List, and attempting to do so will result in an
* {@link UnsupportedOperationException}.
*/
List<?> getUnderlyingElements();
/**
* Merges all elements from another LazyStringList into this one. This method
* differs from {@link #addAll(Collection)} on that underlying byte arrays are
* copied instead of reference shared. Immutable API doesn't need to use this
* method as byte[] is not used there at all.
*/
void mergeFrom(LazyStringList other);
/**
* Returns a mutable view of this list. Changes to the view will be made into
* the original list. This method is used in mutable API only.
*/
List<byte[]> asByteArrayList();
/** Returns an unmodifiable view of the list. */
LazyStringList getUnmodifiableView();
}