Groups are always skipped in the C# proto3 code... and the wire format is
different to other messages anyway.
Are you concerned about doing this *in general*, or do you have actual
messages using groups that you want to parse in C#? As far as I'm aware,
the advice has been to avoid using groups for several years now.
Jon
On Saturday, 21 May 2016 04:26:10 UTC+1, Scobe S. wrote:
>
> Given a .proto file used with proto2 to generate code to send messages, is
> it feasible to use proto3 on the same .proto file to receive
> messages--assuming I alter the .proto file to be proto3 compatible?
>
> In particular, if I fix the following (which currently are errors I get
> when compiling the .proto file in proto3), then receiving messages should
> work, right?
>
> Don't use "required" or "optional".
> Make sure enums have a zero element as the first item.
> Don't use explicit default values.
> Do not use "group".
> (These are the only errors I have.)
>
> The one I am having real doubts and questions about is getting rid of
> "group". Using the example in the docs, I have to take something like this:
>
> message SearchResponse {
> repeated group Result = 1 {
> required string url = 2;
> optional string title = 3;
> repeated string snippets = 4;
> }
> }
>
>
> and make it like this:
>
> message SearchResponse {
> message Result {
> required string url = 1;
> optional string title = 2;
> repeated string snippets = 3;
> }
> repeated Result result = 1;
> }
>
>
> But this may redefine what is expected in the data over the wire. So I
> wonder what the best way is to replace "group" to be backward compatible.
>
> BTW, my goal is to generate C#. That's why I am using proto3.
>
> Thanks.
> Scobe
>
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