Candidate

public final classCandidate

ACandidate represents a single response generated by the model for a given request.

Summary

Public fields
`finalCitationMetadata`	`citationMetadata` Metadata about the sources used to generate this content.
`final @NonNullContent`	`content` The actual content generated by the model.
`finalFinishReason`	`finishReason` The reason the model stopped generating content, if it exist.
`finalGroundingMetadata`	`groundingMetadata` Metadata returned to the client when the model grounds its response.
`final @NonNullList<@NonNullSafetyRating>`	`safetyRatings` A list of`SafetyRating`s describing the generated content.
`finalUrlContextMetadata`	`@PublicPreviewAPI urlContextMetadata` Metadata returned to the client when the`UrlContext` tool is enabled.

public final CitationMetadata citationMetadata

Metadata about the sources used to generate this content.

public final @NonNullContent content

The actual content generated by the model.

public final FinishReason finishReason

The reason the model stopped generating content, if it exist.

public final GroundingMetadata groundingMetadata

Metadata returned to the client when the model grounds its response.

public final @NonNullList<@NonNullSafetyRating> safetyRatings

A list ofSafetyRatings describing the generated content.

@PublicPreviewAPI
public final UrlContextMetadata urlContextMetadata

Metadata returned to the client when theUrlContext tool is enabled.

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Last updated 2025-10-09 UTC.