On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:20 PM, aepensky <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the quick response... > > So, to do an RPC implementation over a stream channel (e.g. TCP), > where the message length is being sent in advance of the message body, > the fastest way would still be > (1) allocate bytes[length] > (2) stream.read(bytes, length) > (3) message.ParseFromArray(bytes, length)
Yes. > ... assuming that memory allocation for a large message is not a > problem. Careful about that assumption. What happens if a malicious user sends you a length of 2^31-1? You should probably either put a cap on the length or allocate many small blocks as you read the message. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
