These are the right steps. Make sure that the sender and receiver see the same data. Should be obvious, but protobuf has no framing, so if you want to send a bunch in one stream, you need to handle that. On Jun 5, 2015 2:34 AM, <mark77...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am new to Protobuf. > > Here is my problem > > > I am using toByteArray() method on a protobuf object in java to get the > binary representation of teh object > Then i send the object via web socket to the client > When the client receives the Message, i convert from binary to Protobuf > object using parseFrom. > > *Parsing and Serialization* > Finally, each protocol buffer class has methods for writing and reading > messages of your chosen type using the protocol buffer *binary format* > <https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/encoding>. These > include: > > - byte[] toByteArray();: serializes the message and returns a byte > array containing its raw bytes. > - static Person parseFrom(byte[] data);: parses a message from the > given byte array. > - void writeTo(OutputStream output);: serializes the message and > writes it to an OutputStream. > - static Person parseFrom(InputStream input);: reads and parses a > message from an InputStream. > > The sender only send 9 bytes and receives gets a huge message. Basically > the sender and receivers are receiving different size message for the > Protobuf object > > Is toByteArray() the proper way to generate Byte ARRAY from the Protobuf > object? If so, how to parse it on the client side? > > Thank you > > Mark > > -- > 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 protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
