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+// Copyright 2021 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// 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.
+
+
+// trying to represent a typical mix of datatypes:
+// 1 array of 3 elements, each element: 1 string, 3 nested objects, 9 scalars
+// root element has the array, additional string and an enum
+
+namespace benchmarks_flatbuffers;
+
+enum Enum : short { Apples, Pears, Bananas}
+
+struct Foo {
+  id:ulong;
+  count:short;
+  prefix:byte;
+  length:uint;
+}
+
+struct Bar {
+  parent:Foo;
+  time:int;
+  ratio:float;
+  size:ushort;
+}
+
+table FooBar {
+  sibling:Bar;
+  name:string;
+  rating:double;
+  postfix:ubyte;
+}
+
+table FooBarContainer {
+  list:[FooBar];  // 3 copies of the above
+  initialized:bool;
+  fruit:Enum;
+  location:string;
+}
+
+root_type FooBarContainer;