The specified message descriptors are only used to identify their file descriptors; the returned registry
contains all the types within the file descriptors which contain the specified message descriptors (and
the dependencies of those files), not just the specified messages.
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}\n\nAn empty type registry, containing no types.\n\nMethods\n-------\n\n### Find(string)\n\n public MessageDescriptor Find(string fullName)\n\nAttempts to find a message descriptor by its full name.\n\n### FromFiles(params FileDescriptor\\[\\])\n\n public static TypeRegistry FromFiles(params FileDescriptor[] fileDescriptors)\n\nCreates a type registry from the specified set of file descriptors.\n\n**Remarks** \nThis is a convenience overload for [FromFiles(IEnumerable\\\u003cFileDescriptor\\\u003e)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.Reflection.TypeRegistry#Google_Protobuf_Reflection_TypeRegistry_FromFiles_System_Collections_Generic_IEnumerable_Google_Protobuf_Reflection_FileDescriptor__)\nto allow calls such as `TypeRegistry.FromFiles(descriptor1, descriptor2)`.\n\n### FromFiles(IEnumerable\\\u003cFileDescriptor\\\u003e)\n\n public static TypeRegistry FromFiles(IEnumerable\u003cFileDescriptor\u003e fileDescriptors)\n\nCreates a type registry from the specified set of file descriptors.\n\n**Remarks** \nAll message types within all the specified files are added to the registry, and\nthe dependencies of the specified files are also added, recursively.\n\n### FromMessages(params MessageDescriptor\\[\\])\n\n public static TypeRegistry FromMessages(params MessageDescriptor[] messageDescriptors)\n\nCreates a type registry from the file descriptor parents of the specified set of message descriptors.\n\n**Remarks** \nThis is a convenience overload for [FromMessages(IEnumerable\\\u003cMessageDescriptor\\\u003e)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.Reflection.TypeRegistry#Google_Protobuf_Reflection_TypeRegistry_FromMessages_System_Collections_Generic_IEnumerable_Google_Protobuf_Reflection_MessageDescriptor__)\nto allow calls such as `TypeRegistry.FromFiles(descriptor1, descriptor2)`.\n\n### FromMessages(IEnumerable\\\u003cMessageDescriptor\\\u003e)\n\n public static TypeRegistry FromMessages(IEnumerable\u003cMessageDescriptor\u003e messageDescriptors)\n\nCreates a type registry from the file descriptor parents of the specified set of message descriptors.\n\n**Remarks** \nThe specified message descriptors are only used to identify their file descriptors; the returned registry\ncontains all the types within the file descriptors which contain the specified message descriptors (and\nthe dependencies of those files), not just the specified messages."]]
