Package com.google.protobuf

Interface ProtocolStringList

All Superinterfaces:
Collection<String>, Iterable<String>, List<String>, SequencedCollection<String>
All Known Subinterfaces:
LazyStringList
All Known Implementing Classes:
LazyStringArrayList, UnmodifiableLazyStringList
public interface ProtocolStringList extends List<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.

Note: most users will not need to use this interface directly. If you don't call asByteStringList(), simply use List<String> instead.

  • Method Details

    • asByteStringList

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