On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:28 PM, rthompson.dtisoft....@gmail.com < rthompson.dtisoft....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm confused. Shouldn't I just create a class called > DynamicServiceStub and have it inherit from "class LIBPROTOBUF_EXPORT > Service"? > And then implement a method like "Service* DynamicServiceStub::New > (ServiceDescriptor*, RpcChannel* ) " ? Yes, that is what I was suggesting. > If I get this working, I'd like to pass it back to you guys to perhaps > use it in the next release. Honestly, I'm having some trouble thinking of use cases for this. How do you intend to use this class? Why not just call RpcChannel directly instead? > > > > On Jun 30, 2:08 pm, Kenton Varda <ken...@google.com> wrote: > > Oh, you want something like DynamicMessage except for services? > > DynamicServiceStub, perhaps? There is no such thing included in the > > library, but it would be really trivial to write. All you need to do is > > implement the Service interface as a wrapper around the RpcChannel > > interface. Have GetRequestPrototype() and GetResponsePrototype() return > > DynamicMessages, and have CallMethod() just call the RpcChannel's > > CallMethod(). > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 2:03 PM, rthompson.dtisoft....@gmail.com < > > > > > > > > rthompson.dtisoft....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Right, but I'm importing a .proto file at runtime using the Importer > > > class. This ultimately leaves me with a ServiceDescriptor. I'd like > > > to instantiate that Service from the ServiceDescriptor. > > > The python code has a ServiceStubBuilder class. Where is there a > > > ServiceStubBuilder in the C++ API? > > > > > On Jun 30, 1:33 pm, Kenton Varda <ken...@google.com> wrote: > > > > Yes. In C++ the protocol compiler will generate a service interface > and > > > a > > > > stub implementation when given a .proto file containing a service > > > > definition. This is equivalent to what Python's service_reflection > > > module > > > > does. > > > > But this is not an RPC implementation. You still have to add your > own > > > > networking layer. > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 9:26 AM, rthompson.dtisoft....@gmail.com < > > > > > > rthompson.dtisoft....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Is there a C++ equivalent to > > > > > > > > http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/reference/python/goo. > > > .. > > > > > ? > > > > > > > which is used to create protocol service and service stub classes > from > > > > > ServiceDescriptor objects at runtime. > > > > > > > On Jun 29, 3:56 pm, Kenton Varda <ken...@google.com> wrote: > > > > > > Protocol Buffers does not include an RPC implementation, only > > > abstract > > > > > > interfaces for one. ServiceDescriptor is useful for implementing > > > your > > > > > own > > > > > > RPC system on top of protocol buffers -- it allows you to define > your > > > > > > services directly in the .proto file even though protocol buffers > > > itself > > > > > > does not provide RPC. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:15 AM, > rthompson.dtisoft....@gmail.com < > > > > > > > > rthompson.dtisoft....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > What can you do with a ServiceDescriptor? Is there a > > > > > > > DynamicServiceFactory similar to the DynamicMessageFactory > where > > > you > > > > > > > can instantiate a service when all you have is a > ServiceDescriptor, > > > or > > > > > > > some other equivalent way of doing it? > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
