Since the client and server are remote, i am not sure how i can send Descriptor along with message?
On Oct 27, 1:14 pm, Adam Vartanian <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
