Thanks all, Do you know where I can find the proto2 encoding guide? The proto site has only the proto3 encoding described.
On Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 12:21:39 PM UTC-7, Tim Kientzle wrote: > > > > On Mar 26, 2016, at 11:43 AM, Yoav H <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I wanted ask regarding the decision to populate fields with default > values, even if they do not appear in the encoded message. > > If I want to send a "patch" message, where I want to update just the > provided fields, how can I do that with protobuf (without adding IsXXXSet > for every field)? > > > > Why not add another type, representing a default value? > > So the schematics would be, if the field is missing, it is null, and if > the field exists, but with this "missing value" type, it will get the > default value? > > As Ilia pointed out, proto2 still exists, is still supported, and can be > used for > cases where you require these particular semantics. > > For proto3, you might look at google.protobuf.FieldMask, which is a new > standard message (one of the "well-known types") specifically designed > to store a set of field names. You might be able to achieve what you want > by > providing a FieldMask with your data listing the specific fields to > be updated. > > Tim > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
