kind: CustomType
    spec:
      replicas: 1
    status:
      available: 1
  oldObject:
    apiVersion: example.com/v1
    kind: CustomType
    spec:
      replicas: 1
    status:
      available: 1
  operation: operationValue
  options:
    apiVersion: example.com/v1
    kind: CustomType
    spec:
      replicas: 1
    status:
      available: 1
  requestKind:

    kind: CustomType
    spec:
      replicas: 1
    status:
      available: 1
  oldObject:
    apiVersion: example.com/v1
    kind: CustomType
    spec:
      replicas: 1
    status:
      available: 1
  operation: operationValue
  options:
    apiVersion: example.com/v1
    kind: CustomType
    spec:
      replicas: 1
    status:
      available: 1
  requestKind:

    kind: CustomType
    spec:
      replicas: 1
    status:
      available: 1
  oldObject:
    apiVersion: example.com/v1
    kind: CustomType
    spec:
      replicas: 1
    status:
      available: 1
  operation: operationValue
  options:
    apiVersion: example.com/v1
    kind: CustomType
    spec:
      replicas: 1
    status:
      available: 1
  requestKind:

// them so that they can be handled by scale.
// For the managed fields that have a replicas path it performs two changes:
//  1. APIVersion is changed to the APIVersion of the scale subresource
//  2. Replicas path of the main resource is transformed to the replicas path of
//     the scale subresource
func (h *ScaleHandler) ToSubresource() ([]metav1.ManagedFieldsEntry, error) {

			expectSkip: false,
		},
		{
			name:       "hpa enabled for pilot without replicas",
			component:  name.EgressComponentName,
			values:     fmt.Sprintf(valuesWithHPAndReplicaCountFormat, false, false, false),
			expectSkip: false,
		},
		{
			name:       "hpa enabled for pilot with replicas",
			component:  name.PilotComponentName,
			values:     fmt.Sprintf(valuesWithHPAndReplicaCountFormat, true, false, false),

	if err := metav1.Convert_Pointer_int32_To_int32(&in.Replicas, &out.Replicas, s); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

func autoConvert_example_ReplicaSetSpec_To_v1_ReplicaSetSpec(in *example.ReplicaSetSpec, out *ReplicaSetSpec, s conversion.Scope) error {
	if err := metav1.Convert_int32_To_Pointer_int32(&in.Replicas, &out.Replicas, s); err != nil {
		return err
	}
	return nil
}

  // the replica count to be deleted.
  optional string whenScaled = 2;
}

// A StatefulSetSpec is the specification of a StatefulSet.
message StatefulSetSpec {
  // replicas is the desired number of replicas of the given Template.
  // These are replicas in the sense that they are instantiations of the
  // same Template, but individual replicas also have a consistent identity.

  // the replica count to be deleted.
  optional string whenScaled = 2;
}

// A StatefulSetSpec is the specification of a StatefulSet.
message StatefulSetSpec {
  // replicas is the desired number of replicas of the given Template.
  // These are replicas in the sense that they are instantiations of the
  // same Template, but individual replicas also have a consistent identity.

		// return the current replicas if the change of metrics length would cause a change in scale direction
		return currentReplicas, usage, nil
	}

	// return the result, where the number of replicas considered is
	// however many replicas factored into our calculation
	return newReplicas, usage, nil
}

// GetObjectMetricReplicas calculates the desired replica count based on a target metric usage (as a milli-value)

			UID:               ss.UID,
			ResourceVersion:   ss.ResourceVersion,
			CreationTimestamp: ss.CreationTimestamp,
		},
		Spec: autoscaling.ScaleSpec{
			Replicas: ss.Spec.Replicas,
		},
		Status: autoscaling.ScaleStatus{
			Replicas: ss.Status.Replicas,
			Selector: selector.String(),
		},
	}, nil
}

// scaleUpdatedObjectInfo transforms existing statefulset -> existing scale -> new scale -> new statefulset