PeachValley_ET6/Unity/Assets/ThirdParty/protobuf-net/IExtension.cs

using System.IO;
namespace ProtoBuf
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides addition capability for supporting unexpected fields during
    /// protocol-buffer serialization/deserialization. This allows for loss-less
    /// round-trip/merge, even when the data is not fully understood.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IExtension
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Requests a stream into which any unexpected fields can be persisted.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>A new stream suitable for storing data.</returns>
        Stream BeginAppend();

        /// <summary>
        /// Indicates that all unexpected fields have now been stored. The
        /// implementing class is responsible for closing the stream. If
        /// "commit" is not true the data may be discarded.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="stream">The stream originally obtained by BeginAppend.</param>
        /// <param name="commit">True if the append operation completed successfully.</param>
        void EndAppend(Stream stream, bool commit);

        /// <summary>
        /// Requests a stream of the unexpected fields previously stored.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>A prepared stream of the unexpected fields.</returns>
        Stream BeginQuery();

        /// <summary>
        /// Indicates that all unexpected fields have now been read. The
        /// implementing class is responsible for closing the stream.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="stream">The stream originally obtained by BeginQuery.</param>
        void EndQuery(Stream stream);

        /// <summary>
        /// Requests the length of the raw binary stream; this is used
        /// when serializing sub-entities to indicate the expected size.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>The length of the binary stream representing unexpected data.</returns>
        int GetLength();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Provides the ability to remove all existing extension data
    /// </summary>
    public interface IExtensionResettable : IExtension
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Remove all existing extension data
        /// </summary>
        void Reset();
    }
}