public sealed class DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig : IMessage<DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig>, IEquatable<DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig>, IDeepCloneable<DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1beta API class DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig.
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DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig (1.0.0-beta19)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [1.0.0-beta19 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig)\n- [1.0.0-beta18](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/1.0.0-beta18/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig) \n\n public sealed class DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig : IMessage\u003cDocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig\u003e, IEquatable\u003cDocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cDocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1beta API class DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig.\n\nConfiguration for the layout based chunking. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[DocumentProcessingConfig](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types)[ChunkingConfig](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types)[LayoutBasedChunkingConfig](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[DocumentProcessingConfig](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types)[ChunkingConfig](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types)[LayoutBasedChunkingConfig](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[DocumentProcessingConfig](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types)[ChunkingConfig](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types)[LayoutBasedChunkingConfig](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig), [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.V1Beta](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### LayoutBasedChunkingConfig()\n\n public LayoutBasedChunkingConfig()\n\n### LayoutBasedChunkingConfig(LayoutBasedChunkingConfig)\n\n public LayoutBasedChunkingConfig(DocumentProcessingConfig.Types.ChunkingConfig.Types.LayoutBasedChunkingConfig other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### ChunkSize\n\n public int ChunkSize { get; set; }\n\nThe token size limit for each chunk.\n\nSupported values: 100-500 (inclusive).\nDefault value: 500.\n\n### IncludeAncestorHeadings\n\n public bool IncludeAncestorHeadings { get; set; }\n\nWhether to include appending different levels of headings to chunks\nfrom the middle of the document to prevent context loss.\n\nDefault value: False."]]