The set of arbitrarily nested property paths used to restrict an operation to only a subset of properties in an entity.
JSON representation
{"paths":[string]}
Fields
paths[]
string
The paths to the properties covered by this mask.
A path is a list of property names separated by dots (.), for examplefoo.barmeans the propertybarinside the entity propertyfooinside the entity associated with this path.
If a property name contains a dot.or a backslash\, then that name must be escaped.
A path must not be empty, and may not reference a value inside anarray value.
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