public sealed class Key.Types.PathElement : IMessage<Key.Types.PathElement>, IEquatable<Key.Types.PathElement>, IDeepCloneable<Key.Types.PathElement>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention v2 API class Key.Types.PathElement.
A (kind, ID/name) pair used to construct a key path.
If either name or ID is set, the element is complete.
If neither is set, the element is incomplete.
The kind of the entity.
A kind matching regex __.*__ is reserved/read-only.
A kind must not contain more than 1500 bytes when UTF-8 encoded.
Cannot be "".
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[3.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/3.5.0/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types.PathElement)\n- [3.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/3.4.0/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types.PathElement)\n- [3.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/3.3.0/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types.PathElement)\n- [3.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/3.2.0/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types.PathElement)\n- [2.16.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/2.16.0/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types.PathElement)\n- [2.15.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/2.15.0/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types.PathElement) \n\n public sealed class Key.Types.PathElement : IMessage\u003cKey.Types.PathElement\u003e, IEquatable\u003cKey.Types.PathElement\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cKey.Types.PathElement\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Data Loss Prevention v2 API class Key.Types.PathElement.\n\nA (kind, ID/name) pair used to construct a key path.\n\nIf either name or ID is set, the element is complete.\nIf neither is set, the element is incomplete. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e Key.Types.PathElement \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[Key](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types)[PathElement](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types.PathElement), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[Key](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types)[PathElement](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types.PathElement), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[Key](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types)[PathElement](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2.Key.Types.PathElement), [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.Dlp.V2](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2/latest/Google.Cloud.Dlp.V2)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Dlp.V2.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### PathElement()\n\n public PathElement()\n\n### PathElement(PathElement)\n\n public PathElement(Key.Types.PathElement other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### HasId\n\n public bool HasId { get; }\n\nGets whether the \"id\" field is set\n\n### HasName\n\n public bool HasName { get; }\n\nGets whether the \"name\" field is set\n\n### Id\n\n public long Id { get; set; }\n\nThe auto-allocated ID of the entity.\nNever equal to zero. Values less than zero are discouraged and may not\nbe supported in the future.\n\n### IdTypeCase\n\n public Key.Types.PathElement.IdTypeOneofCase IdTypeCase { get; }\n\n### Kind\n\n public string Kind { get; set; }\n\nThe kind of the entity.\nA kind matching regex `__.*__` is reserved/read-only.\nA kind must not contain more than 1500 bytes when UTF-8 encoded.\nCannot be `\"\"`.\n\n### Name\n\n public string Name { get; set; }\n\nThe name of the entity.\nA name matching regex `__.*__` is reserved/read-only.\nA name must not be more than 1500 bytes when UTF-8 encoded.\nCannot be `\"\"`."]]
