This incurs some serialization overhead and also in-memory/object overhead
(in C++ it is not sure about Java). If that is not an issue (your strings
are huge for example) what you suggest is a bit more self-documenting.
2009/8/26 DeWitt Clinton <dclin...@gmail.com>
> I've also used the pattern:
> message Map {
> message Entry {
> optional string name = 1;
> optional string value = 2;
> }
> repeated Entry entries = 1;
> }
>
> Alkis, do you see benefits or downsides between the two approaches?
>
> To the second question, perhaps pick a universal representation for dates,
> such as RFC 3339 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339) and use a string?
>
> -DeWitt
>
> 2009/8/26 rajesh <poorv...@gmail.com>
>
>
>> -Thanks
>>
>> On Aug 26, 2:46 pm, Alkis Evlogimenos ('Αλκης Ευλογημένος)
>> <evlogime...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Protocol buffers do not have a protobuf map equivalent. What is usually
>> done
>> > is to put 2 repeated fields in the proto, one for the keys and one for
>> the
>> > values of the map you are trying to represent.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 7:13 PM, rajesh <poorv...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi All,
>> > > Iam kinda new to using protocol buffers, so this could be a
>> > > dumb question. I am curious as to how or what should be the syntax of
>> > > the protocol buffer message for Map implementations in java. I looked
>> > > in the documentation, but dint find any such example message.
>> > > Similarly what should be the field type in the protocol buffer message
>> > > which corresponds to Date implemetations in java. I would appreciate
>> > > if some one can guide me through this or point me to the documentation
>> > > which will help me understand this aspect better. Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> > > -Raj
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Alkis- Hide quoted text -
>> >
>> > - Show quoted text -
>>
>>
>
> >
>
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