public sealed class GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata : IMessage<GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata>, IEquatable<GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata>, IDeepCloneable<GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1beta API class GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata.
public RepeatedField<GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata.Types.RetrievalMetadata> RetrievalMetadata { get; }
Retrieval metadata to provide an understanding in the
retrieval steps performed by the model. There can be multiple such
messages which can correspond to different parts of the retrieval. This
is a mechanism used to ensure transparency to our users.
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Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.dll assembly.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThis class inherits from \u003ccode\u003eobject\u003c/code\u003e and implements interfaces like \u003ccode\u003eIMessage\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eIEquatable\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eIDeepCloneable\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eIBufferMessage\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eKey properties of this class include \u003ccode\u003eGroundingSupport\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eRetrievalMetadata\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eSearchEntryPoint\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eSupportChunks\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eWebSearchQueries\u003c/code\u003e, which provide details on the support, retrieval, search entry point, chunks, and search queries related to the grounded content.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe class offers two constructors, one default and one that accepts another \u003ccode\u003eGroundingMetadata\u003c/code\u003e object for initialization.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Discovery Engine v1beta API - Class GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata (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.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata)\n- [1.0.0-beta18](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/1.0.0-beta18/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata) \n\n public sealed class GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata : IMessage\u003cGenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata\u003e, IEquatable\u003cGenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cGenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1beta API class GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata.\n\nCitation for the generated content. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[GenerateGroundedContentResponse](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types)[Candidate](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types)[GroundingMetadata](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[GenerateGroundedContentResponse](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types)[Candidate](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types)[GroundingMetadata](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[GenerateGroundedContentResponse](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types)[Candidate](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types)[GroundingMetadata](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1Beta.GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata), [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### GroundingMetadata()\n\n public GroundingMetadata()\n\n### GroundingMetadata(GroundingMetadata)\n\n public GroundingMetadata(GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### GroundingSupport\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cGenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata.Types.GroundingSupport\u003e GroundingSupport { get; }\n\nGroundingSupport across all claims in the answer candidate.\nAn support to a fact indicates that the claim is supported by\nthe fact.\n\n### RetrievalMetadata\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cGenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata.Types.RetrievalMetadata\u003e RetrievalMetadata { get; }\n\nRetrieval metadata to provide an understanding in the\nretrieval steps performed by the model. There can be multiple such\nmessages which can correspond to different parts of the retrieval. This\nis a mechanism used to ensure transparency to our users.\n\n### SearchEntryPoint\n\n public GenerateGroundedContentResponse.Types.Candidate.Types.GroundingMetadata.Types.SearchEntryPoint SearchEntryPoint { get; set; }\n\nGoogle search entry for the following-up web searches.\n\n### SupportChunks\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cFactChunk\u003e SupportChunks { get; }\n\nList of chunks to be attributed across all claims in the candidate.\nThese are derived from the grounding sources supplied in the request.\n\n### WebSearchQueries\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cstring\u003e WebSearchQueries { get; }\n\nWeb search queries for the following-up web search."]]
