This information is typically only available for dynamically loaded descriptors,
for example within a protoc plugin where the full descriptors, including source info,
are passed to the code by protoc.
The index of this descriptor within its parent descriptor.
Remarks
This returns the index of this descriptor within its parent, for
this descriptor's type. (There can be duplicate values for different
types, e.g. one enum type with index 0 and one message type with index 0.)
Name
public abstract string Name { get; }
Returns the name of the entity (field, message etc) being described.
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