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-rw-r--r--java/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageLiteOrBuilder.java4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageLiteOrBuilder.java b/java/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageLiteOrBuilder.java
index a2a7448a..7cc72e9c 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageLiteOrBuilder.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/google/protobuf/MessageLiteOrBuilder.java
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ package com.google.protobuf;
*/
public interface MessageLiteOrBuilder {
/**
- * Get an instance of the type with all fields set to their default values.
+ * Get an instance of the type with no fields set. Because no fields are set,
+ * all getters for singular fields will return default values and repeated
+ * fields will appear empty.
* This may or may not be a singleton. This differs from the
* {@code getDefaultInstance()} method of generated message classes in that
* this method is an abstract method of the {@code MessageLite} interface