The data is of course compatible. A `List<Foo>` is directly mappable to .proto via for example:
message SomeOuterMessage { repeated Foo items = 1; } In fact, for that reason, serializing a List<Foo> will produce **exactly** the same data on the wire as serializing: [ProtoContract] public class Whatever { [ProtoMember(1)] public List<Foo> Items {get;set;} } which is (give or take) what you will get if you feed the above .proto into "protogen" (protobuf-net's entirely optional code generator for handling .proto definitions) Marc On 27 June 2012 16:21, Joel Carrier <j...@joelcarrier.com> wrote: > Hi Marc, > > Could you elaborate on your note: (note: this is specific to > protobuf-net, not "protocol buffers" more widely) > > What are the implications if communicating with non-protobuf-net targets? > (ie. java, python, ... applications) > > Joel > > > On Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:05:49 AM UTC-4, Marc Gravell wrote: >> >> (note: this is specific to protobuf-net, not "protocol buffers" more >> widely), but yes: that (a generic list) would work fine, as long as the >> property has been marked for serialization and given a number. There also >> doesn't need to be a "set" accessor, although it can make full use of a >> "set" - i.e. if it finds the list is "null", it will create a new list of >> the appropriate type and use the "set" to update the object. >> >> So, your code would be fine if it has been designated a number, or a >> related example: >> >> [ProtoMember(4)] >> public List<Order> Orders { get { return orders; } } >> private readonly List<Order> orders = new List<Order>(); >> >> Marc >> (protobuf-net) >> >> On 20 June 2012 13:08, Farooq Mushtaq <farooqmushta...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> How can we serialize list of objects by using protobuf-net? Is >>> protobuf-net support list of objects like >>> public List(ABC) DEF >>> { >>> get; >>> set; >>> } >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/** >>> msg/protobuf/-/W0yySDcbES8J<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/protobuf/-/W0yySDcbES8J> >>> . >>> To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscribe@** >>> googlegroups.com <protobuf%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >>> group/protobuf?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en>. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Marc >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/protobuf/-/2pcXp7q9LCcJ. > > 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. > -- Regards, Marc -- 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.