remove the freeze API

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 33 deletions

diff --git a/csharp/src/Google.Protobuf/IMessage.cs b/csharp/src/Google.Protobuf/IMessage.cs
index d179c386..60c6f8c3 100644
--- a/csharp/src/Google.Protobuf/IMessage.cs
+++ b/csharp/src/Google.Protobuf/IMessage.cs
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace Google.Protobuf
     /// the implementation class.

     /// </summary>

     /// <typeparam name="T">The message type.</typeparam>

-    public interface IMessage<T> : IMessage, IEquatable<T>, IDeepCloneable<T>, IFreezable where T : IMessage<T>

+    public interface IMessage<T> : IMessage, IEquatable<T>, IDeepCloneable<T> where T : IMessage<T>

     {

         /// <summary>

         /// Merges the given message into this one.

@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ namespace Google.Protobuf
     /// Additionally, due to the type constraint on <c>T</c> in <see cref="IMessage{T}"/>,

     /// it is simpler to keep this as a separate interface.

     /// </para>

-    /// <para>

-    /// Freezable types which implement this interface should always return a mutable clone,

-    /// even if the original object is frozen.

-    /// </para>

     /// </remarks>

     /// <typeparam name="T">The type itself, returned by the <see cref="Clone"/> method.</typeparam>

     public interface IDeepCloneable<T>

@@ -111,32 +107,4 @@ namespace Google.Protobuf
         /// <returns>A deep clone of this object.</returns>

         T Clone();

     }

-

-    /// <summary>

-    /// Provides a mechanism for freezing a message (or repeated field collection)

-    /// to make it immutable.

-    /// </summary>

-    /// <remarks>

-    /// Implementations are under no obligation to make this thread-safe: if a freezable

-    /// type instance is shared between threads before being frozen, and one thread then

-    /// freezes it, it is possible for other threads to make changes during the freezing

-    /// operation and also to observe stale values for mutated fields. Objects should be

-    /// frozen before being made available to other threads.

-    /// </remarks>

-    public interface IFreezable

-    {

-        /// <summary>

-        /// Freezes this object.

-        /// </summary>

-        /// <remarks>

-        /// If the object is already frozen, this method has no effect.

-        /// </remarks>

-        void Freeze();

-

-        /// <summary>

-        /// Returns whether or not this object is frozen (and therefore immutable).

-        /// </summary>

-        /// <value><c>true</c> if this object is frozen; <c>false</c> otherwise.</value>

-        bool IsFrozen { get; }

-    }

 }