public sealed class Schema.Types.SchemaField : IMessage<Schema.Types.SchemaField>, IEquatable<Schema.Types.SchemaField>, IDeepCloneable<Schema.Types.SchemaField>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Dataplex v1 API class Schema.Types.SchemaField.
Required. The name of the field. Must contain only letters, numbers and
underscores, with a maximum length of 767 characters,
and must begin with a letter or underscore.
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[2.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/2.0.0/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.Schema.Types.SchemaField)\n- [1.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/1.0.0/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.Schema.Types.SchemaField) \n\n public sealed class Schema.Types.SchemaField : IMessage\u003cSchema.Types.SchemaField\u003e, IEquatable\u003cSchema.Types.SchemaField\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cSchema.Types.SchemaField\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Dataplex v1 API class Schema.Types.SchemaField.\n\nRepresents a column field within a table schema. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e Schema.Types.SchemaField \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[Schema](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.Schema)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.Schema.Types)[SchemaField](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.Schema.Types.SchemaField), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[Schema](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.Schema)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.Schema.Types)[SchemaField](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.Schema.Types.SchemaField), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[Schema](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.Schema)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.Schema.Types)[SchemaField](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.Schema.Types.SchemaField), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### SchemaField()\n\n public SchemaField()\n\n### SchemaField(SchemaField)\n\n public SchemaField(Schema.Types.SchemaField other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### Description\n\n public string Description { get; set; }\n\nOptional. User friendly field description. Must be less than or equal to\n1024 characters.\n\n### Fields\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cSchema.Types.SchemaField\u003e Fields { get; }\n\nOptional. Any nested field for complex types.\n\n### Mode\n\n public Schema.Types.Mode Mode { get; set; }\n\nRequired. Additional field semantics.\n\n### Name\n\n public string Name { get; set; }\n\nRequired. The name of the field. Must contain only letters, numbers and\nunderscores, with a maximum length of 767 characters,\nand must begin with a letter or underscore.\n\n### Type\n\n public Schema.Types.Type Type { get; set; }\n\nRequired. The type of field."]]
