[protobuf] Re: Problem when generating classes

2011-01-29 Thread Marco@worldcorp
Hi ok i think i found the problem. I am compiling using protobuffer 2.2.0 , and in my project i am using libraries from protobuf 2.3.0 rgds marco On Jan 28, 11:45 pm, Marco@worldcorp mmistr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all  i am starting to learn protobuffers so that i can use them alongside

[protobuf] why am i getting this exception?

2011-01-29 Thread Marco@worldcorp
HI all i have wrote a simple messages.proto, compiled it (On Ubuntu Lucid Lynx) with protobuf 2.2.0. here's the .proto file package tutorial; option java_package = com.example.messages; option java_outer_classname = MessageProtos; enum MessageType { TEST = 0; DEBUG = 1; DO_TASK =

[protobuf] Re: why am i getting this exception?

2011-01-29 Thread Marco@worldcorp
Hello, PLs ignore my message It was a Netty problem as i was using multiple decoders / encoders / frames and that was messing up the result sorry for bothering regards marco On Jan 29, 11:09 am, Marco@worldcorp mmistr...@gmail.com wrote: HI all  i have wrote a simple messages.proto,

[protobuf] Re: inheritance.. well sort of... and FieldDescriptors

2011-01-29 Thread koert
i have dozens of message classes that all have exactly the same first few fields (the first 4 to be precise). And prototypes for all my message classes are loaded by introspection. So all the prototypes are simply of class Message and i need to use FieldDescriptors to get/set fields on messages.

[protobuf] Re: inheritance.. well sort of... and FieldDescriptors

2011-01-29 Thread koert
I thought about these options and settled on multiple classes that all share a few fields. So indeed duplicate every shared field. On Jan 28, 2:28 pm, TJ Rothwell tj.rothw...@gmail.com wrote: Is there a best practice for this use case? Here are some options. // Duplicate every field (sounds