Java doesn't have such a thing. Is this by design? If yes, would love to understand the rationale of why clearing-everything-and-reinserting-(N-1)-values is so much better than: (a) providing an API to do so, and (b) providing a more optimized implementation that is not O(n) on a delete.
Thanks Dheeraj On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Igor Gatis <[email protected]> wrote: > C++ code has the RemoveLast method. If there is such thing in Java, you > could remove 1 item by shifting everything one position earlier and than > calling RemoveLast. Batch removal can be also accomplished in the same with > two counters. > > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Thomas Broyer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 23 juin, 07:02, Dheeraj <[email protected]> wrote: >> > How do I delete an entry from a list in a protobuf (repeated field)? I >> > can add, I can modify, but I cannot delete using any of the generated >> > APIs. A getList() returns an unmodifiable collection. >> >> Clear the field and then re-add values. You can also set the field >> with a List<?> (setField with the FieldDescriptor for your repeated >> field), which has the same effect. >> >> -- >> 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]<protobuf%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en. >> >> > -- > 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]<protobuf%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en. > -- 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.
