[protobuf] Picking up the message type / description from an unknown byte[]

2010-10-19 Thread jon.mithe
Hi, I am thinking about using the protocol buffers over XML for a server I am writing. Is there a way to pick up on what message type / descriptor it is without using the specific compiled .proto implementation? The server needs to be very flexible / modular. So I was hoping to develop modules

[protobuf] Re: Picking up the message type / description from an unknown byte[]

2010-10-20 Thread jon.mithe
have never had a use for it inside Google" -- I'm thinking there are good reasons why they dont use it :P Sorted, thanks again! Jon On Oct 19, 7:40 pm, Kenton Varda wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 8:17 AM, jon.mithe wrote: > > Hi, > > > I am thinking about using t