public FieldInfo.Types.Format Format { get; set; }
The standard format of a field value. This does not explicitly configure
any API consumer, just documents the API's format for the field it is
applied to.
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This does not explicitly configure\nany API consumer, just documents the API's format for the field it is\napplied to.\n\n### Parser\n\n public static MessageParser\u003cFieldInfo\u003e Parser { get; }\n\n### ReferencedTypes\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cTypeReference\u003e ReferencedTypes { get; }\n\nThe type(s) that the annotated, generic field may represent.\n\nCurrently, this must only be used on fields of type `google.protobuf.Any`.\nSupporting other generic types may be considered in the future.\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### CalculateSize()\n\n public int CalculateSize()\n\n### Clone()\n\n public FieldInfo Clone()\n\n### Equals(FieldInfo)\n\n public bool Equals(FieldInfo other)\n\n### Equals(object)\n\n public override bool Equals(object other)\n\n**Overrides** \n[object.Equals(object)](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.equals#system-object-equals(system-object))\n\n### GetHashCode()\n\n public override int GetHashCode()\n\n**Overrides** \n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode)\n\n### MergeFrom(FieldInfo)\n\n public void MergeFrom(FieldInfo other)\n\n### MergeFrom(CodedInputStream)\n\n public void MergeFrom(CodedInputStream input)\n\n### ToString()\n\n public override string ToString()\n\n**Overrides** \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\n### WriteTo(CodedOutputStream)\n\n public void WriteTo(CodedOutputStream output)"]]
