Sorry, but the purpose of the protobuf library is to support protocol buffers, not to provide abstract filesystem access. There are plenty of other libraries that do that.
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:32 AM, Hassan Syed <h.a.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, this is what I am doing at the moment (boost::filesystem). > However, It would be so much more elegant if it was possible with the > protobuf library -- C++ does not come with portable filesystem > handling off-the-bat and I would have to use the Ansi-C libraries or > boost. > > I am building a Complex Event Processor / Active Database and I need > to generate a symbol-table at runtime for the event types so that I > can dynamically identify and process the events -- this process needs > to go over every file, in certain mapped directories, therefore the > requested feature would be very useful -- I can see this feature being > useful for people trying to benefit from protobuf as a more extensible > and generic platform for creating types usable not only serving the > purpose of a over-the-wire format and a portable message > specification. > > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Kenton Varda <ken...@google.com> > wrote: > > Why does this need to be built into DiskSourceTree? Just map the virtual > > path back to a disk path, then use the OS APIs to iterate over the > > directory. > > > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Hassan Syed <h.a.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hello Kenton & Co, > >> > >> I was wondering if their exists, or if I may request , a feature for > >> enabling iteration once virtual directories have been mapped using the > >> DiskSourceTree class. I'm writing a separate language that adds > >> additional semantics to messages and the system needs to have all > >> files in a certain sub-directory loaded. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Hassan > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Protocol Buffers" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to proto...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<protobuf%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en. > >> > > > > > > > > On Feb 27, 8:47 pm, Kenton Varda <ken...@google.com> wrote: > > Why does this need to be built into DiskSourceTree? Just map the virtual > > path back to a disk path, then use the OS APIs to iterate over the > > directory. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 6:33 AM, Hassan Syed <h.a.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello Kenton & Co, > > > > > I was wondering if their exists, or if I may request , a feature for > > > enabling iteration once virtual directories have been mapped using the > > > DiskSourceTree class. I'm writing a separate language that adds > > > additional semantics to messages and the system needs to have all > > > files in a certain sub-directory loaded. > > > > > Regards > > > > > Hassan > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Protocol Buffers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to proto...@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<protobuf%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <protobuf%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.c om> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To post to this group, send email to proto...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<protobuf%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to proto...@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.
