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package com.google.protobuf;

/**
 * Interface that generated extensions implement.
 *
 * @author liujisi@google.com (Jisi Liu)
 */
public abstract class Extension<ContainingType extends MessageLite, Type>
    extends ExtensionLite<ContainingType, Type> {

  /** Returns the descriptor of the extension. */
  public abstract Descriptors.FieldDescriptor getDescriptor();

  /** Returns whether or not this extension is a Lite Extension. */
  @Override
  final boolean isLite() {
    return false;
  }

  // All the methods below are extension implementation details.

  /**
   * The API type that the extension is used for.
   */
  protected enum ExtensionType {
    IMMUTABLE,
    MUTABLE,
    PROTO1,
  }

  protected ExtensionType getExtensionType() {
    // TODO(liujisi): make this abstract after we fix proto1.
    return ExtensionType.IMMUTABLE;
  }

  /**
   * Type of a message extension.
   */
  public enum MessageType {
    PROTO1,
    PROTO2,
  }
  
  /**
   * If the extension is a message extension (i.e., getLiteType() == MESSAGE),
   * returns the type of the message, otherwise undefined.
   */
  public MessageType getMessageType() {
    return MessageType.PROTO2;
  }

  protected abstract Object fromReflectionType(Object value);
  protected abstract Object singularFromReflectionType(Object value);
  protected abstract Object toReflectionType(Object value);
  protected abstract Object singularToReflectionType(Object value);
}
