com.google.protobuf
Interface ProtocolStringList

All Superinterfaces:
java.util.Collection<java.lang.String>, java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.String>, java.util.List<java.lang.String>
All Known Subinterfaces:
LazyStringList
All Known Implementing Classes:
LazyStringArrayList, UnmodifiableLazyStringList

public interface ProtocolStringList
extends java.util.List<java.lang.String>

An interface extending 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 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.


Method Summary
 java.util.List<ByteString> asByteStringList()
          Returns a view of the data as a list of ByteStrings.
 
Methods inherited from interface java.util.List
add, add, addAll, addAll, clear, contains, containsAll, equals, get, hashCode, indexOf, isEmpty, iterator, lastIndexOf, listIterator, listIterator, remove, remove, removeAll, retainAll, set, size, subList, toArray, toArray
 

Method Detail

asByteStringList

java.util.List<ByteString> asByteStringList()
Returns a view of the data as a list of ByteStrings.