protobuf/csharp/src/Google.Protobuf/Reflection/DescriptorBase.cs

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namespace Google.Protobuf.Reflection
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Base class for nearly all descriptors, providing common functionality.
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class DescriptorBase : IDescriptor
    {
        private readonly FileDescriptor file;
        private readonly string fullName;
        private readonly int index;

        internal DescriptorBase(FileDescriptor file, string fullName, int index)
        {
            this.file = file;
            this.fullName = fullName;
            this.index = index;
        }

        /// <value>
        /// The index of this descriptor within its parent descriptor. 
        /// </value>
        /// <remarks>
        /// This returns the index of this descriptor within its parent, for
        /// this descriptor's type. (There can be duplicate values for different
        /// types, e.g. one enum type with index 0 and one message type with index 0.)
        /// </remarks>
        public int Index
        {
            get { return index; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns the name of the entity (field, message etc) being described.
        /// </summary>
        public abstract string Name { get; }

        /// <summary>
        /// The fully qualified name of the descriptor's target.
        /// </summary>
        public string FullName
        {
            get { return fullName; }
        }

        /// <value>
        /// The file this descriptor was declared in.
        /// </value>
        public FileDescriptor File
        {
            get { return file; }
        }
    }
}