> I need a generic parser in java, which can de-serialize PB bytes > buffer into a Message or GeneratedMessage. But, GeneratedMessage > provides no such method to merge an arbitary PB bytes and provide an > instance of itself.
>From just a message's bytes you can't turn it into a Message. The serialized format doesn't include type information. You've got a couple choices. First, if you can send the message's Descriptor along with the message, then you can use DynamicMessage.parseFrom(Descriptor, byte[]) to deserialize it. If you can't send the message's Descriptor along, then you can use UnknownFieldSet.parseFrom(byte[]), but that's not going to give you very much at all, just tag numbers, their wiretype, and their value. - Adam -- 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.
