You can easily implement your own text format by writing code based on
protobuf reflection. In fact, the official TextFormat class is based on
reflection. So take a look at the code for the TextFormat class and write
something like that with whatever modifications you need.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 5:25 AM, <voodooha...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently using protocol buffers files in text format. While it's
> a very easy format to use and understand I think it's need more
> flexibility.
>
> For example if I want to define a structure for a index array I have
> to do this :
>
> // definitions
> message IndexArray {
> repeated int32 index = 1;
> }
>
> message SomeStruct {
> optional IndexArray indices = 1;
> }
>
>
> // data in text format
> indices {
> index: 15
> index: 1
> index: 65
> index: 44
> index: 2
> index: 78
> ...
> }
>
> As you can see 'index' is repeated as many times as you need a single
> value.
> What I would like is something like this :
>
> // data in text format
> indices {
> index: { 15, 1, 65, 44, 2, 78, ... }
> }
>
> The compact format would be defined in some way like this :
>
> // definition
> message IndexArray {
> repeatedarray int32 index = 1 [separator = ","];
> }
>
> I still don't know repeatedarray would work with message data....
>
> (Sorry for my english)
> >
>
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