# runtimeRawExtension

Type: object

RawExtension is used to hold extensions in external versions.

To use this, make a field which has RawExtension as its type in your external, versioned
struct, and Object in your internal struct. You also need to register your
various plugin types.

// Internal package:

	type MyAPIObject struct {
		runtime.TypeMeta `json:""`
		MyPlugin runtime.Object `json:"myPlugin"`
	}

	type PluginA struct {
		AOption string `json:"aOption"`
	}

// External package:

	type MyAPIObject struct {
		runtime.TypeMeta `json:""`
		MyPlugin runtime.RawExtension `json:"myPlugin"`
	}

	type PluginA struct {
		AOption string `json:"aOption"`
	}

// On the wire, the JSON will look something like this:

	{
		"kind":"MyAPIObject",
		"apiVersion":"v1",
		"myPlugin": {
			"kind":"PluginA",
			"aOption":"foo",
		},
	}

So what happens? Decode first uses json or yaml to unmarshal the serialized data into
your external MyAPIObject. That causes the raw JSON to be stored, but not unpacked.
The next step is to copy (using pkg/conversion) into the internal struct. The runtime
package's DefaultScheme has conversion functions installed which will unpack the
JSON stored in RawExtension, turning it into the correct object type, and storing it
in the Object. (TODO: In the case where the object is of an unknown type, a
runtime.Unknown object will be created and stored.)

+k8s:deepcopy-gen=true
+protobuf=true
+k8s:openapi-gen=true

Schema: [runtimeRawExtension](https://sourcey-argocd.pages.dev/api/models/runtimerawextension/index.md)

- `raw` (optional)
  Type: string, byte
  
  Raw is the underlying serialization of this object.
  
  TODO: Determine how to detect ContentType and ContentEncoding of 'Raw' data.