def MergeLines(lines, message, allow_unknown_extension=False,<EOL>allow_field_number=False):
parser = _Parser(allow_unknown_extension, allow_field_number)<EOL>return parser.MergeLines(lines, message)<EOL>
Parses an text representation of a protocol message into a message.

    Args:
      lines: An iterable of lines of a message's text representation.
      message: A protocol buffer message to merge into.
      allow_unknown_extension: if True, skip over missing extensions and keep
        parsing
      allow_field_number: if True, both field number and field name are allowed.

    Returns:
      The same message passed as argument.

    Raises:
      ParseError: On text parsing problems.