Hi, I believe this is coming from the Confluent compatibility checker. (I work for Confluent.)
A forward compatibility check is just a backward compatibility check with the arguments reversed. Since removing a message is not backward compatible, adding a message is not forward compatible. Hope that helps, Robert On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 6:35 AM 'Adam Cozzette' via Protocol Buffers < [email protected]> wrote: > I don't think we maintain any code that returns that kind of error. Do you > know where that error is coming from? Is it from some external protobuf > compatibility checker? > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 4:21 AM Komal Kamble <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> Hello Adam Cozzette, >> We are getting Found incompatibility change error of type MESSAGE_REMOVED. >> >> >> On 02-Nov-2022, at 11:41 PM, Adam Cozzette <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Adding more message types to the proto file is fine and has no >> compatibility issues. Can you say more about the error you're getting? >> >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 7:03 AM Komal Kamble <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello ProtocolBufferSupport team, >>> >>> If I have a proto file with multiple sub-message types defined and If I >>> want to add more sub-message types in the same file I am getting BACKWARD >>> and FORWARD compatibility errors. >>> >>> I am using com.github.os72:protoc-jar-maven-plugin:3.11.4 plugin in java >>> module to compile proto files and kafka-protobuf-provider:6.1.6 for >>> ProtobufSchema object. >>> >>> The query is getting compatibility errors is it correct behavior or not? >>> >>> I didn't find any documentation in protocol-buffer user guide regarding >>> adding more sub-message types in the existing proto file. >>> >>> Could you please help me to understand the standard behavior of the >>> protocol buffer? >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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/8373c01f-8e61-4469-80e5-82a859035f2dn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/8373c01f-8e61-4469-80e5-82a859035f2dn%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/CADqAXr5pxtdS8Lcw-oXFNPdR3FDNi6_vngBMqjh4Pm%3Dh-QfEvA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/CADqAXr5pxtdS8Lcw-oXFNPdR3FDNi6_vngBMqjh4Pm%3Dh-QfEvA%40mail.gmail.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/CAG0mBZQ%2BMH6TNucLz3z3jtT8vwFY%3DGH_bKRH%2BBF8jmnXMyNEqA%40mail.gmail.com.
