Hi,
I'm just starting using Protocol Buffers for Java for a network
protocol.
Here is how I designed my proto file:
request.proto:
message Message {
enum Type {
AUTH = 100;
CHAT = 101;
...
}
required Type type = 1;
optional int32 id = 2;
extensions 100 to max;
}
message AuthRequest {
extend Message {
optional AuthRequest auth_request = 100;
}
required string name = 1;
required string pass = 2;
}
message ChatRequest {
extend Message {
optional ChatRequest chat_request = 101;
}
required int32 player_id = 1;
optional string message_string = 2;
}
This is based on the Union Types technique described in the
documentation.
Now, all is well, I can do:
ChatRequest chat =
ChatRequest.newBuilder().setMessage(msg).setPlayerId(id).build();
Message request =
Message.newBuilder().setType(Type.CHAT).setExtension(ChatRequest.chatRequest,
fChatRequest).build();
and then serialize request to the wire.
What I'm trying to achieve now is to generalize this operation for all
my defined request types, using the descriptors and registry extension:
ExtensionRegistry registry = ExtensionRegistry.newInstance();
Request.registerAllExtensions(registry);
...
Then I can create "generically" a builder for a given type with:
public Builder getBuilder(Type type)
{
ExtensionRegistry.ExtensionInfo info =
registry.findExtensionByNumber(Message.getDescriptor(), type.getNumber());
return info.defaultInstance.newBuilderForType();
}
And on client call site:
ChatRequest chat = (ChatRequest.Builder)getBuilder(Type.CHAT);
chat.setPlayerId(id)...
Now, I'm trying to generically associate this ChatRequest to the correct
Extension field in the Message type, but unfortunately I can't find a
way of doing that, because setExtension() requires a
GeneratedMessage.GeneratedExtension which I can't have generically (ie
the extension registry even though generated with this information,
doesn't keep it).
What's worse is tha the Extension Registry has all the information, but
I can't recreate this specific generic type or add the extension from
the Registry information.
First question: how can I solve this?
Second question: if it's not solvable, then that means I'm not using PB
as it was intended. In this case, how should I use it?
Thanks,
--
Brice Figureau
My Blog: http://www.masterzen.fr/
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