// Copyright 2019 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.

// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style

// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.

// Package proto provides functions operating on protocol buffer messages.

//

// For documentation on protocol buffers in general, see:

//

//

// For a tutorial on using protocol buffers with Go, see:

//

//

// For a guide to generated Go protocol buffer code, see:

//

//

//

// This package contains functions to convert to and from the wire format,

// an efficient binary serialization of protocol buffers.

//

// • Size reports the size of a message in the wire format.

//

// • Marshal converts a message to the wire format.

// The MarshalOptions type provides more control over wire marshaling.

//

// • Unmarshal converts a message from the wire format.

// The UnmarshalOptions type provides more control over wire unmarshaling.

//

//

// • Clone makes a deep copy of a message.

//

// • Merge merges the content of a message into another.

//

// • Equal compares two messages. For more control over comparisons

// and detailed reporting of differences, see package

// "google.golang.org/protobuf/testing/protocmp".

//

// • Reset clears the content of a message.

//

// • CheckInitialized reports whether all required fields in a message are set.

//

//

// The API for some generated messages represents optional scalar fields

// as pointers to a value. For example, an optional string field has the

// Go type *string.

//

// • Bool, Int32, Int64, Uint32, Uint64, Float32, Float64, and String

// take a value and return a pointer to a new instance of it,

// to simplify construction of optional field values.

//

// Generated enum types usually have an Enum method which performs the

// same operation.

//

// Optional scalar fields are only supported in proto2.

//

//

// • HasExtension, GetExtension, SetExtension, and ClearExtension

// access extension field values in a protocol buffer message.

//

// Extension fields are only supported in proto2.

//

//

// • Package "google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson" converts messages to

// and from JSON.

//

// • Package "google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/prototext" converts messages to

// and from the text format.

//

// • Package "google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect" provides a

// reflection interface for protocol buffer data types.

//

// • Package "google.golang.org/protobuf/testing/protocmp" provides features

// to compare protocol buffer messages with the "github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"

// package.

//

// • Package "google.golang.org/protobuf/types/dynamicpb" provides a dynamic

// message type, suitable for working with messages where the protocol buffer

// type is only known at runtime.

//

// This module contains additional packages for more specialized use cases.

// Consult the individual package documentation for details.

package proto