public sealed class Answer.Types.Step : IMessage<Answer.Types.Step>, IEquatable<Answer.Types.Step>, IDeepCloneable<Answer.Types.Step>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1 API class Answer.Types.Step.
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Class Answer.Types.Step (1.9.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [1.9.0 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)\n- [1.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.8.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)\n- [1.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.7.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)\n- [1.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.6.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)\n- [1.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.5.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)\n- [1.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.4.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)\n- [1.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.3.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)\n- [1.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.2.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)\n- [1.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.1.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)\n- [1.0.0-beta06](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.0.0-beta06/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step) \n\n public sealed class Answer.Types.Step : IMessage\u003cAnswer.Types.Step\u003e, IEquatable\u003cAnswer.Types.Step\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cAnswer.Types.Step\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1 API class Answer.Types.Step.\n\nStep information. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e Answer.Types.Step \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[Answer](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types)[Step](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[Answer](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types)[Step](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[Answer](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types)[Step](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step), [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.DiscoveryEngine.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### Step()\n\n public Step()\n\n### Step(Step)\n\n public Step(Answer.Types.Step other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### Actions\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cAnswer.Types.Step.Types.Action\u003e Actions { get; }\n\nActions.\n\n### Description\n\n public string Description { get; set; }\n\nThe description of the step.\n\n### State\n\n public Answer.Types.Step.Types.State State { get; set; }\n\nThe state of the step.\n\n### Thought\n\n public string Thought { get; set; }\n\nThe thought of the step."]]
