I asked that question wrt db.class_for_kind and was told that it was
safe to assume that it would always be there.

I'd guess that model_from_protobuf should be safe as well.

File a bug requesting that it be added to the documented function
list.

On Jan 17, 6:26 pm, Nickolas Daskalou <n...@daskalou.com> wrote:
> Since these are not documented online anywhere, is it possible these
> functions may change in the future (and hence break my code)?
>
> 2010/1/18 Andy Freeman <ana...@earthlink.net>
>
>
>
> > Search in google/appengine/ext/db/__init__.py for protobuf functions.
>
> > On Jan 16, 9:21 pm, Nickolas Daskalou <n...@daskalou.com> wrote:
> > > Does anyone have an answer for this? Google guys?
>
> > > 2010/1/15 Kapil Kaisare <kksm19820...@gmail.com>
>
> > > > As an aside: what is an EntityProto, and is there a link in the GAE
> > > > documentation for it?
>
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Kaisare, Kapil Sadashiv
>
> > > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 09:37, Nickolas Daskalou <n...@daskalou.com
> > >wrote:
>
> > > >> How can I convert an EntityProto to a Model instance?
>
> > > >> I have a Model method, pre_put(), that I want to call on each Model
> > > >> instance before it's Put into the Datastore, using hooks (eg:
> > > >>http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/hooks.html).
>
> > > >> My hook code looks like this:
>
> > > >> def hook(service, call, request, response):
> > > >>     assert service == 'datastore_v3'
> > > >>     if call == 'Put':
> > > >>         for entity in request.entity_list():
> > > >>             entity.pre_put()
>
> > > >> When the hook is called and runs, I get this error:
>
> > > >> AttributeError: EntityProto instance has no attribute 'pre_put'
>
> > > >> Is there any way to convert the entities in request.entity_list() to
> > their
> > > >> original Models, manipulate them, and then convert them back to an
> > > >> EntityProto instance? Or even better, if the EntityProto instances
> > have
> > > >> references to the actual Model instances which we can access and
> > manipulate?
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