Hi again, I have two classes where B extends from A. Since both classes are legacy and as far as I understood protocol buffers I write a proto file for class A. For serialization and deserialization I just add the methods writeObject() and readObject() to class A.
Now I wonder how to write the proto file for class B which is a subclass of A? Is it like this that I define in the B proto file the attributes defined in B and then in Class B's methods I do this: private void writeObject(java.io.ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException { Builder builder = A.AttributeA.newBuilder(); builder.setAttributeA(attributeA); A.AttributeA message = builder.build(); message.writeTo(out); Builder builder2 = B.AttributeB.newBuilder(); builder2.setAttributeB(attributeB); B.AttributeB message2 = builder2.build(); message2.writeTo(out); } private void readObject(java.io.ObjectInputStream in) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException { A.AttributeA message = A.AttributeA.parseFrom(in); attributeA = message.getAttributeA(); B.AttributeB message2 = B.AttributeB.parseFrom(in); attributeB = message2.getAttributeB(); } Is this the standard approach? Thanks Tai --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---