And of course, if you *are* happy using WCF and .NET, with all the
simplicity that provides, you can *still* use protobuf, since protobuf-net
includes a WCF hook that (if you desire) swaps-out the serializer used by
WCF. So your *existing* .NET code (bereft of any .proto definition) can
enjoy faster, more compact data transfer. Sure, it'll still be in the middle
of a WCF packet, but that may give the appropriate mix of protocol services
for your scenario.
Marc
On 25 July 2010 22:35, gsxr scott.suz...@gmail.com wrote:
On Jul 21, 10:57 pm, Tim Acheson tim.ache...@gmail.com wrote:
I generally create web services using WCF or ASP.NET MVC. I don't get
the point of Protocol Buffers. Am I missing something?
snip
I don't need to write any code to do the serialisation, either. I just
define the return type of the web method in my WCF project, or define
an ASP.NET MVC Action that returns the object. The framework does the
rest.
Also, I rarely come accross a web service that returns anything other
than strings, 32-bit integers and booleans. If I did, I'd probably
question the architecture.
Perhaps somebody could explain why I would want or need to use
Protocol Buffers?
Your question is constrained, i.e. to WCF and .NET. The simple answer
is you dont need to.
If your entire world is truly constrained in this way then I might
question your
architecture.
OK, that's being flip. What I really mean is that your question might
make PB look unsuccessful when it patently isnt. There is no
technology
in the .NET framework that delivers the same service across the
languages
and platforms that PB does.
If you can pull off all your development within the WCF+.NET island
then
not using PB is (perhaps) an optimal decision.
S.
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