On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 4:39 PM, 'Allen Vicencio' via Protocol Buffers <
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> If all my fields in a protobuf are `optional`, will ParseFromArray ever
> return false? I am doing some tests right now, and I am testing two
> scenarios:
>
>
>> Person
>
> optional string name;
>
>
>  Vehicle
>
>  optional int64 wheels;
>
>
> 1. Empty buffer is passed into Person#ParseFromArray. Returns true.
> 2. Instance of Person is serialized into a buffer. Buffer is passed into
> Vehicle#ParseFromArray. Returns true.
>
> Is this expected behavior?
>
Unless you have required fields, protobuf parsing will always return true
as long as the input data is valid proto wire format.


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