First cut at new layout
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+// Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
+// Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
+// http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using Google.ProtocolBuffers.Descriptors;
+
+namespace Google.ProtocolBuffers {
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Implementation of the non-generic IMessage interface as far as possible.
+  /// </summary>
+  public abstract class AbstractBuilder<TMessage, TBuilder> : IBuilder<TMessage, TBuilder> 
+      where TMessage : AbstractMessage<TMessage, TBuilder>
+      where TBuilder : AbstractBuilder<TMessage, TBuilder> {
+
+    protected abstract TBuilder ThisBuilder { get; }
+    
+    #region Unimplemented members of IBuilder
+    public abstract UnknownFieldSet UnknownFields { get; set; }
+    public abstract TBuilder MergeFrom(TMessage other);
+    public abstract bool IsInitialized { get; }
+    public abstract IDictionary<FieldDescriptor, object> AllFields { get; }
+    public abstract object this[FieldDescriptor field] { get; set; }
+    public abstract MessageDescriptor DescriptorForType { get; }
+    public abstract int GetRepeatedFieldCount(FieldDescriptor field);
+    public abstract object this[FieldDescriptor field, int index] { get; set; }
+    public abstract bool HasField(FieldDescriptor field);
+    public abstract TMessage Build();
+    public abstract TMessage BuildPartial();
+    public abstract TBuilder Clone();
+    public abstract TMessage DefaultInstanceForType { get; }
+    public abstract IBuilder CreateBuilderForField(FieldDescriptor field);
+    public abstract TBuilder ClearField(FieldDescriptor field);
+    public abstract TBuilder AddRepeatedField(FieldDescriptor field, object value);
+    #endregion
+
+    #region Implementation of methods which don't require type parameter information
+    public IMessage WeakBuild() {
+      return Build();
+    }
+
+    public IBuilder WeakAddRepeatedField(FieldDescriptor field, object value) {
+      return AddRepeatedField(field, value);
+    }
+
+    public IBuilder WeakClear() {
+      return Clear();
+    }
+
+    public IBuilder WeakMergeFrom(IMessage message) {
+      return MergeFrom(message);
+    }
+
+    public IBuilder WeakMergeFrom(CodedInputStream input) {
+      return MergeFrom(input);
+    }
+
+    public IBuilder WeakMergeFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistry registry) {
+      return MergeFrom(input, registry);
+    }
+
+    public IBuilder WeakMergeFrom(ByteString data) {
+      return MergeFrom(data);
+    }
+
+    public IBuilder WeakMergeFrom(ByteString data, ExtensionRegistry registry) {
+      return MergeFrom(data, registry);
+    }
+
+    public IMessage WeakBuildPartial() {
+      return BuildPartial();
+    }
+
+    public IBuilder WeakClone() {
+      return Clone();
+    }
+
+    public IMessage WeakDefaultInstanceForType {
+      get { return DefaultInstanceForType; } 
+    }
+
+    public IBuilder WeakClearField(FieldDescriptor field) {
+      return ClearField(field);
+    }
+    #endregion
+
+    public TBuilder SetUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet fields) {
+      UnknownFields = fields;
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual TBuilder Clear() {
+      foreach(FieldDescriptor field in AllFields.Keys) {
+        ClearField(field);
+      }
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual TBuilder MergeFrom(IMessage other) {
+      if (other.DescriptorForType != DescriptorForType) {
+        throw new ArgumentException("MergeFrom(IMessage) can only merge messages of the same type.");
+      }
+
+      // Note:  We don't attempt to verify that other's fields have valid
+      //   types.  Doing so would be a losing battle.  We'd have to verify
+      //   all sub-messages as well, and we'd have to make copies of all of
+      //   them to insure that they don't change after verification (since
+      //   the Message interface itself cannot enforce immutability of
+      //   implementations).
+      // TODO(jonskeet):  Provide a function somewhere called MakeDeepCopy()
+      //   which allows people to make secure deep copies of messages.
+      foreach (KeyValuePair<FieldDescriptor, object> entry in other.AllFields) {
+        FieldDescriptor field = entry.Key;
+        if (field.IsRepeated) {
+          // Concatenate repeated fields
+          foreach (object element in (IEnumerable) entry.Value) {
+            AddRepeatedField(field, element);
+          }
+        } else if (field.MappedType == MappedType.Message) {
+          // Merge singular messages
+          IMessage existingValue = (IMessage) this[field];
+          if (existingValue == existingValue.WeakDefaultInstanceForType) {
+            this[field] = entry.Value;
+          } else {
+            this[field] = existingValue.WeakCreateBuilderForType()
+                                       .WeakMergeFrom(existingValue)
+                                       .WeakMergeFrom((IMessage) entry.Value)
+                                       .WeakBuild();
+          }
+        } else {
+          // Overwrite simple values
+          this[field] = entry.Value;
+        }
+      }
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual TBuilder MergeFrom(CodedInputStream input) {
+      return MergeFrom(input, ExtensionRegistry.Empty);
+    }
+
+    public virtual TBuilder MergeFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry) {
+      UnknownFieldSet.Builder unknownFields = UnknownFieldSet.CreateBuilder(UnknownFields);
+      unknownFields.MergeFrom(input, extensionRegistry, this);
+      UnknownFields = unknownFields.Build();
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual TBuilder MergeUnknownFields(UnknownFieldSet unknownFields) {
+      UnknownFields = UnknownFieldSet.CreateBuilder(UnknownFields)
+          .MergeFrom(unknownFields)
+          .Build();
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual TBuilder MergeFrom(ByteString data) {
+      CodedInputStream input = data.CreateCodedInput();
+      MergeFrom(input);
+      input.CheckLastTagWas(0);
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual TBuilder MergeFrom(ByteString data, ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry) {
+      CodedInputStream input = data.CreateCodedInput();
+      MergeFrom(input, extensionRegistry);
+      input.CheckLastTagWas(0);
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual TBuilder MergeFrom(byte[] data) {
+      CodedInputStream input = CodedInputStream.CreateInstance(data);
+      MergeFrom(input);
+      input.CheckLastTagWas(0);
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual TBuilder MergeFrom(byte[] data, ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry) {
+      CodedInputStream input = CodedInputStream.CreateInstance(data);
+      MergeFrom(input, extensionRegistry);
+      input.CheckLastTagWas(0);
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual TBuilder MergeFrom(Stream input) {
+      CodedInputStream codedInput = CodedInputStream.CreateInstance(input);
+      MergeFrom(codedInput);
+      codedInput.CheckLastTagWas(0);
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual TBuilder MergeFrom(Stream input, ExtensionRegistry extensionRegistry) {
+      CodedInputStream codedInput = CodedInputStream.CreateInstance(input);
+      MergeFrom(codedInput, extensionRegistry);
+      codedInput.CheckLastTagWas(0);
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual IBuilder SetField(FieldDescriptor field, object value) {
+      this[field] = value;
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+
+    public virtual IBuilder SetRepeatedField(FieldDescriptor field, int index, object value) {
+      this[field, index] = value;
+      return ThisBuilder;
+    }
+  }
+}