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

2010-10-19 Thread Kenton Varda
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 8:17 AM, jon.mithe wrote: > 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? > No. By design, no

[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