I'm generating Java bindings from Protobuf 3 schema definitions that include optional values represented with protobuf wrapper types.
Decoding the fields as Java Optional<T> would work nicely if the generated accessors would be able to return null when the optional value is missing: Optional.ofNullable(myObject.getMyField()) Unfortunately, the generated accessor returns the value or a default value, if missing. So, one needs to resort to something like this: myObject.hasMyField() ? Optional.of(myObject.getMyField()) : Optional.empty() What's the best practice for handling this with Protobuf? Is there a way to get protoc to generate code that would allow getting the actual underlying real value directly? -- 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/0c511624-7136-4e07-9fd4-3a439221f8b3n%40googlegroups.com.
