Thanks, but i am using proto3. On Friday, August 28, 2020 at 8:53:31 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:
> If you're using proto2 then you can use extensions > <https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/proto#extensions> to > allow clients to extend the base message with their own fields. The one > caveat is that you have to figure out a scheme to ensure that each client > chooses a unique extension number. > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 6:16 PM Novice User <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My application has various clients (say for example Client1, Client 2, >> Client3 ....and so on). Clients share some generic properties and has some >> unique data. >> >> In my .proto file I want to model this kind of behavior. I came up with : >> *message MyClientsData { * >> * BaseClientData baseData; * >> * Client1SpecificData client1; * >> * Client2SpecificData client2;* >> *... and so forth... * >> *}* >> >> *BaseClientData* is the common data across all clients. >> >> This works for simple use case when number of clients are very limited, >> but becomes hard to read if it grows. Is there some good practice on how to >> handle this kind of situation when there are unique data across different >> deserialization request? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Protocol Buffers" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/1e6bc232-3271-4752-b48e-46cef09ae14en%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/1e6bc232-3271-4752-b48e-46cef09ae14en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/fdba0d69-191e-4e1e-a78c-b13152a1e00cn%40googlegroups.com.
