public sealed class FileDescriptorSet : IMessage<FileDescriptorSet>, IEquatable<FileDescriptorSet>, IDeepCloneable<FileDescriptorSet>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
The protocol compiler can output a FileDescriptorSet containing the .proto
files it parses.
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