-Thanks for all your replies
On Aug 26, 9:19 pm, Kenton Varda <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd recommend the array-of-pairs method because the parallel-arrays method
> leaves you open to bugs where if the arrays aren't the same size and your
> code doesn't carefully check for this, it could easily end up crashing due
> to out-of-bounds accesses. This could be a security problem. Stick with
> arrays of pairs and avoid the risk. The overhead isn't that big a deal.
>
> 2009/8/26 Alkis Evlogimenos ('Αλκης Ευλογημένος) <[email protected]>
>
>
>
> > 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 <[email protected]>
>
> > 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 <[email protected]>
>
> >>> -Thanks
>
> >>> On Aug 26, 2:46 pm, Alkis Evlogimenos ('Αλκης Ευλογημένος)
> >>> <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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
>
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