public sealed class AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec : IMessage<AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec>, IEquatable<AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec>, IDeepCloneable<AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1 API class AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec.
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[1.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.1.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec)\n- [1.0.0-beta06](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.0.0-beta06/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec) \n\n public sealed class AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec : IMessage\u003cAnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec\u003e, IEquatable\u003cAnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cAnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1 API class AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec.\n\nGrounding specification. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[AnswerQueryRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.AnswerQueryRequest)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.AnswerQueryRequest.Types)[GroundingSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[AnswerQueryRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.AnswerQueryRequest)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.AnswerQueryRequest.Types)[GroundingSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[AnswerQueryRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.AnswerQueryRequest)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.AnswerQueryRequest.Types)[GroundingSpec](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec), [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### GroundingSpec()\n\n public GroundingSpec()\n\n### GroundingSpec(GroundingSpec)\n\n public GroundingSpec(AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### FilteringLevel\n\n public AnswerQueryRequest.Types.GroundingSpec.Types.FilteringLevel FilteringLevel { get; set; }\n\nOptional. Specifies whether to enable the filtering based on grounding\nscore and at what level.\n\n### IncludeGroundingSupports\n\n public bool IncludeGroundingSupports { get; set; }\n\nOptional. Specifies whether to include grounding_supports in the answer.\nThe default value is `false`.\n\nWhen this field is set to `true`, returned answer will have\n`grounding_score` and will contain GroundingSupports for each claim."]]